The United States believes it killed seven senior leaders of al-Qaida in Syria in an airstrike last week as the leaders were meeting near Idlib, U.S. Central Command said Monday.
A Central Command spokeswoman, Maj. Beth Riordan said the strike was conducted Oct. 22. She did not identify the seven leaders by name.
바카라The removal of these AQ-S leaders will disrupt the terrorist organization's ability to further plot and carryout global attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians,바카라 she said.
바카라AQ-S takes advantage of the instability in northwest Syria to establish and maintain safe havens to coordinate terrorist activities,바카라 she added.
"With our allies and partners, we will continue to target al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations.바카라 The U.S. also conducted an airstrike against al-Qaida in Syria, near Idlib, on Oct 15.
