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US kills ‘senior leader’ in Syrian affiliate of Al-Qaeda

CENTCOM said that Abu-’Abd al-Rahman al-Makki oversaw terror operations in Syria.

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U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs, center, Israeli Air Force F-35I Lightning IIs, right, and Royal Air Force F-35B Lightnings, left, begin combat drills during Exercise Tri-Lightning over an undisclosed location over the Mediterranean Sea, June 25, 2019. Credit: Staff Sgt. Keifer Bowes/U.S. Air Force photo.

U.S. Central Command announced on Friday that its forces had killed Abu-’Abd al-Rahman al-Makki, a “senior leader” of Hurras al-Din in Syria.

The terror group is associated with Al-Qaeda and “shares Al-Qaeda’s global aspirations to conduct attacks against U.S. and western interests,” according to CENTCOM, which added that the leader who was killed was “responsible for overseeing terrorist operations from Syria.”

“CENTCOM remains committed to the enduring defeat of terrorists in the CENTCOM area of responsibility who threaten the United States, its allies and partners and regional stability,” said Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command.

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