U.S. Airstrike in Syria Kills Abu Ayyub al-Masri, a Senior Al-Qaeda Leader

Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook, Tuesday 22nd November 2016 confirmed that U.S. forces conducted a precision airstrikes near Sarmada in northwest Syria on November 18 killing Abu Ayyub al-Masri, a senior al-Qaida leader in Syria. Cook told reporters that Al-Masri who was an Egyptian had joined Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan but later moved to its Syrian...