The terrorist group recently admitted to taking orders from ’the general command of Al-Qaeda.’
The U.S. military said it has taken out the top military leader of an al-Qaeda affiliate terrorist group in Syria.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) revealed that on Feb. 23, its forces—as part of the International Coalition Against ISIS—conducted a “precision airstrike” targeting and killing the senior military commander of the terrorist group Hurras al-Din.
The extremist Islamist terror group, which is affiliated with al-Qaeda, is based in the mountains of northwest Syria where the strike found its target, Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, in a car driving through the northern Idlib countryside.
“As we have said in the past, we will continue to relentlessly pursue these terrorists in order to defend our homeland, and U.S., allied, and partner personnel in the region,” CENTCOM Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla said in a statement.
The strike occurred just two days after another successful targeted strike by CENTCOM that killed Wasim Tahsin Bayraqdar, a senior leadership figure in the terror group.
The group’s leader was killed in a U.S. targeted attack in June 2020.
Hurras al-Din released a statement in response on Jan. 28, announcing its dissolution while urging Sunni Muslims in Syria to “adhere to their principles, implement Sharia law, not lay down their weapons, and continue on the path of jihad against injustice and tyranny.”
It noted that the decision was made by “the general command of Al-Qaeda”—the first time it has publicly admitted links to al-Qaeda.
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