The US Army has killed Abdul Hamid al-Matar, an al Qaeda official, following a drone strike in Syria, authorities reported.
“The elimination of this senior Al Qaeda leader will disrupt the terrorist organization’s ability to continue plotting and carrying out global attacks that threaten American citizens, our partners and innocent civilians,” said Major John Rigsbee, spokesman for the Command. Central.
The event comes two days after an attack on a US outpost in southern Syria. Rigsbee did not say whether the US drone strike was carried out in retaliation.
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