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Iran is believed to have been behind last weeks drone attack on the Al-Tanf base in southern Syria where US troops have been based since 2016, in what Central Command described as a deliberate...

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WASHINGTON — A senior Al Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said on Friday.The strike comes two days after a base in southern Syria, used by the US-led coalition fighting the Daesh group, was assaulted."A US air strike today in northwest Syria killed senior Al Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid Al Matar," said Central Command spokesman Army Major John

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A senior Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said Friday. The strike comes two days after a base in southern Syria, used by the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group, was assaulted.

A U.S. airstrike in northwest Syria killed senior al-Qaida leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar, the U.S. military's Central Command said.

There were no known casualties from the strike.

Senior al-Qaeda member Abdul Hamid al-Matar killed in US airstrike in Syria