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Top Military Commander of Syria’s Al-Qaeda Affiliate Killed in Strike, US Says

2 March 2025 2:20 AM
BCI 24 News Network

The U.S. military said it has taken out the top military leader of an al-Qaeda affiliate terrorist group in Syria.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) revealed that on Feb. 23, its forces—as part of the International Coalition Against ISIS—conducted a “precision airstrike” targeting and killing the senior military commander of the terrorist group Hurras al-Din.
The extremist Islamist terror group, which is affiliated with al-Qaeda, is based in the mountains of northwest Syria where the strike found its target, Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, in a car driving through the northern Idlib countryside.
CENTCOM released 12 seconds of footage of the strike on the social media platform X, which showed the target’s vehicle being hit in the operation….