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Senior al Qaeda leader killed by CIA drone strike

A Hellfire missile fired by a CIA drone killed al-Qaeda leader Abu al-Khayr al-Masri late on Sunday while he was riding in a car near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, a US intelligence official said on Wednesday.

 

The 59-year-old al-Masri, whose real name was Abdullah Muhammed Rajab Abdulrahman, was second-in-command to the group's leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and a member of its shura council, said the official, who was briefed on the attack and spoke on condition of anonymity.

 

He also was married to one of Osama bin Laden's daughters, the official added. CNN first reported the strike.

 


פרסום ראשון: 03.02.17, 08:06