Nusra Front Claims Killing Leader Of Rebel Group In 'Heroic' Suicide Attack
November 16 2015
Nusra Front, Al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria, says it has killed the leader of a rival group allied to the Islamic State, reports Agence France-Presse.
Abu Ali al-Baridi, the leader of the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigades, was killed along with other top leaders in a "heroic" suicide bombing, claimed Nusra Front in a Twitter post on Sunday night, as cited by Reuters.
Baridi and two other leaders were reportedly killed in the town of Jamlah in the southern Syrian province of Daraa, said...
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