Al-Qaeda operative Muhsin al-Fadhli killed in air strike

A long-time al Qaeda operative has been killed in a US air strike in Syria.

A previously advertised reward for Muhsin al-Fadhli (Screenshot: US Department of State) Source: (Screenshot: US Department of State)

A long-time al Qaeda operative and key figure in the Khorasan Group, Muhsin al-Fadhli, was killed in a US air strike while traveling in a vehicle near Sarmada, Syria, on July 8, the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday.

Al-Fadhli "was a senior al Qaeda facilitator who was among the few trusted al Qaeda leaders that received advanced notification of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks," Navy Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement. 

Al-Fadhli had been targeted in a US air strike in September 2014, and some US officials said then they believed he had been killed but others said it could not be confirmed. 

Reporting by David Alexander; Editing by Sandra Maler.