Senior al-Qaida leader killed in northwest Syria drone strike: CENTCOM
By Howard Altman
Oct 22, 08:24 PM
A man identified as a “senior al-Qaida leader” was killed in a drone strike in northwest Syria Friday, according to U.S. Central Command.
Abdul Hamid al-Matar was killed in an attack by an MQ-9 Reaper drone, said Army Maj. John Rigsbee, a CENTCOM spokesman, in a statement posted on the command’s website.
“We have no indications of civilian casualties as a result of the strike,” said Rigsbee.
The search for al-Matar had been in the works for “some time,” a DoD official told Military Times.
https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2021/10/22/senior-al-qaida-leader-killed-in-northwest-syria-drone-strike-centcom/
