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Pentagon: Top Al-Qaeda Leader in Syria Killed in US Airstrike

© REUTERS / Khalil AshawiMembers of al Qaeda's Nusra Front in the southern countryside of Idlib, December 2, 2014
Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front in the southern countryside of Idlib, December 2, 2014 - Sputnik International
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Abu Afghan al-Masri, a senior al-Qaeda leader in Syria, has been killed in a US airstrike, US Department of Defense spokesman Peter Cook said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Al-Masri was killed in a US airstrike in Syria on November 18, Cook said.

"Al-Masri was killed in a November 18 airstrike in rural Syria," Cook told reporters.

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