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US drone strike kills al-Qaeda affiliate in northwest Syria

The rare drone strike in Idlib province was aimed to disrupt Huras al-Din's ability to stage terror attacks outside Syria, according to the Pentagon.
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The United States carried out a drone strike in northwest Syria’s Idlib province on Monday night, killing a senior Huras al-Din official, US Central Command has said.

Abu Hamzah al-Yemeni, a senior leader with Huras al-Din, al-Qaeda’s local branch in Syria, was killed while traveling alone by motorcycle. There were no civilian casualties, according to the US military.

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