Leader of al-Nusra Front of al-Qaeda in Syria killed

The al-Nusra Front, the Sunni Islamic jihadist militia fighting against Syrian Government forces in the civil war, have confirmed the death of its leader Sheikh Abu Sulaiman Al Masri. Images of his body, showing a bloody head wound, have been shared online. He is believed to have been killed in the Syrian capital of Aleppo and, the cause of the death is yet to be confirmed.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 23 October 2015.

The news of the death of the al-Nusra Front leader comes even as Syrian troops backed by Russian air strikes continue to wage a war against Islamic State group fighters in a bid to restore a key supply line to the capital. At least 28 IS fighters and 21 troops and militia have been killed in the battle for the road that leads to the government-held sector of the city – this has been indicated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Al-Nusra is The Front for the Defence of the Syrian People and it is considered to be the second most powerful jihadist group in Syria after the Islamic State. Therefore, the death of its leader would come as a devastating blow to its operations in the war torn Middle Eastern country.
It may be recalled that it had first announced its existence four years ago. It was behind many of the suicide bombings that rocked Syria when civil war broke out in March 2011.
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