Local al-Qaida leader in Syria killed in blast
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A roadside bomb in Syria killed a local al-Qaida leader and his wife, activists said Tuesday, an attack that could ignite a new round of infighting among disparate rebel groups in the country.
The commander, identified as Ali al-Nuaimi of the Nusra Front, was killed in the southern province of Daraa, pro-rebel Sham News Network reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also described the killing as an "assassination."
The Nusra Front did not mention the attack on the social networks it typically uses. (AP)
