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February 28, 2017

Reports: Top al-Qaeda Leader Killed in Airstrike in Syria
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Unnamed U.S. officials, as well as monitoring groups like the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights, say a top al-Qaeda leader has been killed
by a missile strike in Idlib, Syria. Abu al-Khayr al-Masri was
reportedly killed Sunday in an attack that unnamed U.S. officials say
was directed by U.S. intelligence agencies. In separate attacks,
opposition activists say as many as 11 people were killed Monday night
in airstrikes against rebel-held Idlib. The strikes came as another
round of talks continue in Geneva aimed at ending the ongoing Syrian
civil war.


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