US Launches Drone Strike in Northwest Syria
The US military says a senior al-Qaeda leader was killed, reports say a poultry farm was hit
by Dave DeCamp
US Central Command said Wednesday that it launched an airstrike in northwest Syria that killed an al-Qaeda leader but did not name the target or release other details of the strike.
“At 11:42 a.m. local time on May 3rd, US Central Command forces conducted a unilateral strike in Northwest Syria targeting a senior Al Qaeda leader,” CENTCOM said in a statement.
According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a drone strike hit a poultry farm in the area and killed one person that hasn’t yet been identified. CENTCOM said it would provide more information on the strike “as operational details become available.”
US drone strikes have a history of harming civilians, and the Pentagon is notorious for undercounting or lying about civilian casualties.
The strike targeted Syria’s northwest Idlib province, which is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an al-Qaeda-linked group. US drone strikes in the region in recent years have mainly targeted members of Hurras al-Din, an HTS/al-Qaeda offshoot. US drone strikes in the region have also targeted suspected ISIS members.
https://news.antiwar.com/2023/05/03/us-launches-drone-strike-in-northwest-syria/
posted by Satish Sharma at
03:49
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home