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Al-Nusra leader Abu Suleiman al-Masri reportedly killed in Aleppo
Source: Independent (UK)
The leader of the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda has reportedly been killed in Aleppo.
Opposition figures told The Independent that three senior members of Jabhat al-Nusra had been killed, but could not confirm if any of them were the jihadist group's leader Abu Suleiman al-Masri.
Russian state media reported that al-Masri, leader of Jabhat al-Nusra or the al-Nusra Front, was killed by the Syrian army. However, a report on the Daily Mail said that he had been killed in a gun fight with rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/leader-of-syrian-branch-of-al-qaeda-abu-suleiman-al-masri-reportedly-killed-fighting-against-syrian-a6707396.html
This is the guy in a couple of the iconic ISIS propaganda photos, standing in the middle surrounded by masked fighters in black.
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