A U.S. military drone strike in northwest Syria has killed a senior al-Qaeda leader on Oct. 22, the U.S. Central Command announced.
Abdul Hamid al-Matar was killed in the vicinity of the town of Suluk, U.S. Army Maj. John Rigsbee, a CENTCOM spokesperson, said in a statement. The strike was conducted using an MQ-9 aircraft—an armed, remotely piloted aircraft.
