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Pentagon: Drone Strike Kills Senior Al-Qaida Leader in Syria

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The Pentagon says a U.S. drone strike in northwestern Syria last week killed a senior al-Qaida leader with ties to terrorist groups operating across wide swaths of southwest Asia. A Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday the strike targeted Egyptian national Abu Afghan al-Masri on November 18, near the town of Sarmada, 50 kilometers west of Aleppo. "He has been on our radar for some time," said spokesman Peter Cook, who also said al-Masri had direct links to extremists responsible...

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