Air Raid Near Aleppo Kills Syrian Rebel Leader

A high-ranking member of the Fatah al-Sham rebel group in Syria is dead, rebel sources say, after fighter jets bombed a meeting of the group’s leaders near Aleppo. Abu Omar Saraqeb, who also goes by the name Abu Hajer al-Homsi, was killed during the air raid in a rural part of Aleppo, which rebels say was likely carried out by a U.S. fighter jet, though the nationality of the jets has not been officially acknowledged. The rebel group, a former al-Qaida affiliate, announced the...

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