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.
an “air strike”?
no context from a visual standpoint cause they did it where no one has CELL PHONES
I don’t believe it even happened. Why would I. In fact it didn’t happen, prove me wrong.
The Taliban would be like WTF?, here’s 50 Americans with no heads.
CNN reports a plane with 50 Americans was allowed to leave Kabul today.
This firing of missiles will probably stop all jihad worldwide. It’s time.
kid picks up a small stone and throws it at a hornets nest
hits the nest
that’s where we are at
My guess is 7-15. Pudding pop time.
I’d be extra careful if i were a French ambassador.
Must be a school bus in the area. Or better for democrats, a nursery. Democrats love killing babies.
Dog wags tail. Biden Administration has zero credibility.
Neither I think...every guy is named Mohammed so that will apply to male children as well!
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