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'Drone attack kills seven Al-Nusra fighters in northeast Syria'

09 luglio 2015 | 16.17
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'Drone attack kills seven Al-Nusra fighters in northeast Syria'

US-led coalition drone raids killed at least seven fighters from the Al-Qaeda aligned Al-Nusra Front in northwest Syria, a UK-based group monitoring the war said on Thursday.

"Seven al-Nusra members, including commanders, were killed in at least five coalition airstrikes against the group's bases and a vehicle in Idlib province," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights' director, Rami Abdel Rahman.

He could not confirm how many Al-Nusra commanders were killed but said a car belonging to one of its military leaders was among the targets of the overnight raids.

The vehicle was hit by a rocket on a road between the cities of Sarmada and Kafr-Daryan, the watchdog said.

The air strikes took place in Idlib province, most of which has come under Al-Nusra control since the group and its rebel allies launched a major operation earlier this year to expel Syrian president president Bashar al-Assad's forces.

Al-Nusra pledges allegiance to al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, but currently only operates in Syria, where has allied with Islamist groups fighting the Syrian government and the Islamic State militant group.

The Al-Nusra Front and IS are both blacklisted by the United States as terrorist organisations.

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