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‘Prominent Egyptian Qaeda figure killed in Syria’
AMMAN: A leading Egyptian al Qaeda figure who joined its Syrian offshoot the Nusra Front and became a prominent figure in the militant group was killed in a drone
Published on: Oct 4, 2016, 06:27:08 IST
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AMMAN: A leading Egyptian al Qaeda figure who joined its Syrian offshoot the Nusra Front and became a prominent figure in the militant group was killed in a drone attack in rebel-held Idlib province, two jihadist sources said on Monday. They said Abu al Faraj al Masri, who had fought in Afghanistan, was killed when a drone hit the vehicle he was travelling in a location near Jisr al Shuqour in Idlib, in Syria’s northwest.
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