Airstrike kills 11 al-Qaida-linked militants in Syria's Idlib

Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-06 20:25:26|Editor: liuxin
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DAMASCUS, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 militants with the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front were killed Wednesday by an airstrike on their position in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, local media reported.

The attack, carried out by an armed drone believed to be Turkish, targeted the Nusra positions on Idlib, leaving also five wounded, according to the pro-government al-Watan online news daily.

Idlib has been witnessing infighting between rebel groups, mainly the Nusra Front and the Ahrar al-Sham Movement.

Both were allies before the Ahrar al-Sham flipped and turned against Nusra, particularly when the world powers started targeting the group intently.

The international community branded the Nusra as a terrorist organization, which turned off many rebel groups from Nusra.

The Nusra, or what is now known as Front for Liberating the Levant, has recently driven Ahrar al-Sham out of much of Idlib, but bombing targeting both groups continued.

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