Syria: Al-Nusra Front spokesman Firas ‘killed in air strike
- 4 April 2016
by Leila Mohamed and Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Beirut
- From the section Middle East
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The al-Nusra Front pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda in 2013
Syria’s war
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- 14 March 2016
- Why is there a war in Syria?
- 15 March 2016
- What’s a ‘cessation of hostilities’?
- 23 February 2016
- Syria: Mixed verdict on fragile truce
- 29 February 2016
The spokesman for the al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra Front in northern Syria is among 20 or so jihadists killed in air strikes, activists report.
Abu Firas al-Suri died, along with his son, in the raids in Idlib province on Sunday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
The dead militants were also said to include foreign fighters.
The reports said it was not clear whether the air strikes were carried out by Syrian or Russian forces.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP news agency that Abu Firas was meeting other leading jihadists in the village of Kafar Jales at the time. Another Nusra Front target and one from allied Islamist group Jund al-Aqsa had also been also attacked.
A temporary ceasefire between government forces and rebels has largely held for more than a month but it does not cover the Nusra Front or so-called Islamic State.
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Background
- What’s left of Syria after five years of war?
- 14 March 2016
- Why is there a war in Syria?
- 15 March 2016
- What’s a ‘cessation of hostilities’?
- 23 February 2016
- Syria: Mixed verdict on fragile truce
- 29 February 2016
- Is Syria’s ‘truce’ worth the paper it’s printed on?
- 12 February 2016
- Syria war: Tide turns Assad’s way
- 13 February 2016
- Syria: The story of the conflict
- 11 March 2016
- How Putin is succeeding in Syria
- 11 February 2016
- Syria conflict at ‘hinge moment’
- 16 February 2016
- Civilians under siege in Syria
- 7 January 2016
- Syria crisis: Where key countries stand
- 30 October 2015
- Islamic State crisis in seven charts
- 30 March 2016
- Syria’s war: Special report
- 7 October 2015
Features and analysis
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- Counting the cost of air strikes on IS
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- Syria’s lost generation of children
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- Displaced Syrians struggle to survive
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Video and audio
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Profiles
- Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad
- 21 October 2015
- What is ‘Islamic State’?
- 2 December 2015
- Profile: New Syria opposition chief
- 6 January 2015
- Syria: Staffan de Mistura, the UN’s special envoy
- 11 November 2014
