
Ex-Qaeda affiliate leaders among 25 dead in Syria strike
Beirut (AFP) Jan 3, 2017 - An air strike in Syria on Tuesday killed at least 25 members of former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front including senior figures, a monitor said.
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