(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Syrian state television said Friday night that the leader of the terrorist Al-Nusra Front had been killed by the Syrian army in Latakia countryside.
"The terrorist Abu Mohammed al-Joulani, chief of the Al-Nusra Front affiliated to Al-Qaeda, has been killed in the campaign in (the northwestern province of) Latakia," the television said, without providing details.
The state news agency SANA asserted teh terrorist's death, without giving further details.
It is worth to mention that al-Joulani announced in May his allegiance with al-Qaeda, but distanced himself from the Iraqi branch, despite acknowledging the fact that he receives from it financial and military support.
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26 October 2013 - 06:36
News ID: 475508
Syrian state television said Friday night that the leader of the terrorist Al-Nusra Front had been killed by the Syrian army in Latakia countryside.
