Media reported the destruction of Syria leader of “Al-Nusra Dzhebhat” – RBC

The consequences of the fighting around Aleppo (archive photo)

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On the death in Syria leader of the terrorist group “Dzhebhat Alnusra” Abu Suleiman al-Masri said Saturday the British newspaper The Daily Mail.

The publication told that the death of al-Masri confirmed the group “Al-Nusra Dzhebhat” and photographs of his body with a wound to the head on the network. It was also reported that, presumably, al-Masri was killed in Aleppo.

On the death of the leader of “Al-Nusra Dzhebhat” Abu Suleiman al-Masri also said the source agency Sputnik. According to him, al-Masri was killed by government forces of Syria under Aleppo.

The group “Dzhebhat en Nusra” is considered a division of the terrorist organization “Al Qaeda” in Syria.

In Saturday, the Syrian SANA agency, citing military sources reported that the government army took control of the village of Al-Dzhabul the east of the province of Aleppo. The source added that the recapture town failed after fierce fighting, which resulted in terrorists suffered heavy losses.

The report also notes that were destroyed rebel positions “Dzhebhat al-Nusra” and “Islamic state” (the organization banned in Russia) in a number of areas in the southern and eastern part of Aleppo. It is emphasized that the militants suffered heavy losses “Dzhebhat en Nusra” during the fighting in the vicinity of Old Aleppo, Bani Zaid and Al Rasmussen.

Previously reported plans to merge “Dzhebhat en Nusra” and LIH. It was this week the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov. He explained that the relevant information was able to get through ESM.

«Means of radio intelligence intercepted information to start negotiations commanders of several major groups of the terrorist group” Dzhebhat al-Nusra “with the commanders of the terrorist organization LIH to combine forces to deter the onset of the Syrian government forces, “- said Konashenkov.