December 25, 2015

Top Syrian rebel killed in airstrike near Damascus

BEIRUT (AP) - An airstrike near the Syrian capital on Friday killed top rebel commander Zahran Allouch, the head of one of the most powerful Saudi-backed insurgent groups fighting against President Bashar Assad's government near the seat of his power Damascus, opposition activists said.

Allouch's death a month before expected ...

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