Leading al-Qaeda figure reortedly killed in Syria
A leading figure in al-Qaeda who became a prominent member of its Syrian Nusra Front offshoot was killed in a drone attack on Monday, the group and jihadist sources said.
They said Sheikh Abu al Faraj al Masri, who spent years in prison in his native Egypt on charges of plotting with fundamentalist Islamist groups and later left for Afghanistan, died when the vehicle in which he was travelling
Since the US-led coalition launched operations in Syria, primarily against ISIS militants, air strikes have also targeted Nusra Front figures, killing scores.
