Al-Qaida's Syria branch confirms death of field commander
Al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate confirmed on Friday that its top field commander was killed in an airstrike that targeted a meeting of the group's senior leadership.
Abu Anas al-Shami, the spokesman for the Nusra Front, was quoted on a prominent militant website as saying that Thursday's airstrike in the western Syrian province of Idlib killed Abu Hommam al-Shami, described as the group's "military commander."
