The Pentagon says a US military airstrike in Syria has killed an al-Qaeda leader with ties to militant movements across the Middle East.
Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook identified the target as an Egyptian named Abu Afghan al-Masri. Cook called him a senior al-Qaida leader in Syria who joined the organisation in Afghanistan several years ago and had a hand in attacks on US and coalition forces in Afghanistan.
Cook said the strike was carried out November 18 by a US military drone aircraft. It 's the latest in a series of attacks aimed at eliminating al-Qaeda leadership.
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