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US Launches Air Strike on 'Senior al-Qaeda Leader' in Idlib, Syria
sputniknews ^ | 9/20/2021 | Morgan Artyukhina

Posted on 09/20/2021 2:17:28 PM PDT by Eddie01

The Pentagon announced on Monday it had carried out an airstrike against a senior leader of Al-Qaeda* located in Idlib Governorate, the northern Syrian province occupied by Turkish troops and radical Muslim rebel militias. "US forces conducted a kinetic counterterrorism strike near Idlib, Syria, today, on a senior al-Qaeda leader. Initial indications are that we struck the individual we were aiming for, and there are no indications of civilian casualties as a result of the strike," Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday.

Kirby said he had no further details on the target's identity, but according to SITE Intelligence Group, media chatter by Syrian rebel groups suggests the strike killed Abu al-Bara' al-Tunisi and Abu Hamza al-Yemeni, two fighters with Tanzim Hurras ad-Din (Guardians of Religion Organization), a militia in northern Syria that is aligned with al-Qaeda.

Idlib remains the last major outpost of radical Sunni militias in rebellion against the Syria government. The dominant rebel force is Hay'at Tahrir ash-Sham (Levant Liberation Committee), which formed in 2017 as a merger between Al-Nusra Front* and several other similar militias. Al-Nusra was also known as Al-Qaeda in Syria. Hurras ad-Din, the group rumored to have been targeted by the Monday strike, split from HTS in 2016, believing it to have to deviated from al-Qaeda's ideology.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; airstrike; alqaeda; bs; ecaseywardynski; endlesswar; erdogan; idlib; iran; iraq; kurdistan; lebanon; markmilley; michaelflynn; receptayyiperdogan; syria; turkey; waronterror
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"...there are no indications of civilian casualties as a result of the strike," Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday."

I believe them. How about you? /s

Hope they cleared this with the Taliban.

1 posted on 09/20/2021 2:17:28 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

This time for sure!


2 posted on 09/20/2021 2:18:58 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Eddie01

So how many innocent women and children did Dementia Joe murder this time?


3 posted on 09/20/2021 2:19:41 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: Eddie01

Camels make easy targets.....


4 posted on 09/20/2021 2:19:54 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Eddie01
I guess Syria will suffer an aspirin shortage for a while.
5 posted on 09/20/2021 2:21:20 PM PDT by LIConFem (Read up on Russia's Oct, 1917 Revolution... And prepare.)
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To: Eddie01

Wag that dog, mandate failure of a poser regime!


6 posted on 09/20/2021 2:21:21 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: Eddie01

Watch out kids!!!


7 posted on 09/20/2021 2:22:30 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress )
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To: Eddie01

They’ll get it right eventually.


8 posted on 09/20/2021 2:23:00 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Remember the 2020 backstabbers. No more RINOs ever!)
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To: Eddie01

“The dominant rebel force is Hay’at Tahrir ash-Sham (Levant Liberation Committee), which formed in 2017 as a merger between Al-Nusra Front* and several other similar militias. Al-Nusra was also known as Al-Qaeda in Syria. Hurras ad-Din, the group rumored to have been targeted by the Monday strike, split from HTS in 2016, believing it to have to deviated from al-Qaeda’s ideology.”

Everyone except the Peoples’ Front of Judea - they need to sell programs to keep everyone up-to-date.


9 posted on 09/20/2021 2:23:09 PM PDT by decal (MOLON JABE)
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To: Eddie01

Are they sure this time?


10 posted on 09/20/2021 2:23:20 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Eddie01

How many aide workers and kids this time.


11 posted on 09/20/2021 2:23:49 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: Eddie01

....SQUIRREL!!!


12 posted on 09/20/2021 2:23:58 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: unixfox

and destroys a family having a Picnic ?


13 posted on 09/20/2021 2:24:34 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Eddie01

Did they kill 7 more children ?


14 posted on 09/20/2021 2:24:50 PM PDT by chris haney (Apache)
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Baby milk factory


15 posted on 09/20/2021 2:24:57 PM PDT by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: unixfox

"Next time...Definitely!"

16 posted on 09/20/2021 2:26:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Eddie01

Probably took out the local high school cricket coach.


17 posted on 09/20/2021 2:28:29 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Eddie01

I’m still waiting for the day Milley and Xiden order an Air Strike on Mar A Lago. Nothing surprises me anymore.


18 posted on 09/20/2021 2:29:22 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Trump - Make America Great Again / Xiden - Make America Grovel Again...)
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To: Eddie01

Several orphanages are at severe risk...


19 posted on 09/20/2021 2:31:30 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Eddie01

This time we’re sure we only killed bad guys... probably.


20 posted on 09/20/2021 2:31:40 PM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
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