The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights a war monitoring agency has claimed that around 40 islamist jihadist leaders were killed Saturday in Syria. The jihadists were killed in a missile attack that targeted their meeting in the northwestern province of Idlib.
Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britain-based monitor agency has said that a missile attack targeted a meeting held by the leaders of Hurras al-Deen, Ansar al-Tawhid and other allied groups inside a training camp” near Idlib city has killed at least 40″ jihadist leaders. Who was behind the missile attack and how the missiles were launched is not clear.
The Al-Qaeda-linked Hurras al-Deen and their allies Ansar al-Tawhid both operate in the Idlib region, where bombardment by Syrian forces and Russia came to a halt Saturday morning after the government agreed to a Russian-backed ceasefire following four months of deadly bombardment.
Both groups are members of a joint jihadist operation room that also includes Al-Qaeda’s former Syria affiliate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
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