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The US Central Command, “Sentcom”, said in a statement that “US forces launched an attack on a group of senior Al Qaeda officials in Syria who were gathering near Idlib.”
He added: “The elimination of these al-Qaeda leaders in Syria will reduce the ability of the terrorist organization to plan and carry out attacks that threaten American citizens, our partners and innocent civilians.”
The statement did not specify how many people were killed in the raid.
For his part, the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel-Rahman, based in Britain, said: “The bombing was carried out by a drone and targeted a dinner in the town of Jakara in the countryside. of Salqin near the Syrian-Turkish border, killing 14 “jihadists”, including six leaders.
He added that “among the dead were five jihadists of nationality other than Syria,” he did not immediately specify, noting that three of the dead belonged to the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham, “including two leaders from the front row.”
According to the Observatory, the raid targeted “a meeting that included leaders of the Al-Sham Liberation Headquarters with other jihadists on a farm in the village of Jakara.”
The observatory indicated that the meeting was part of a dinner that included the leaders, one of whom was previously in the ranks of ISIS.
For its part, the “Ibaa Network”, speaking on behalf of the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham, said that “an airstrike from drones targeted a tent belonging to one of the dignitaries in the city of Jakara in western Idlib camp “, which caused deaths and injuries, the number of which was not specified.
