Bombing kills co-founder of Syria's main al-Qaida-linked group, once known as Nusra Front
A live TV news station covering breaking news and traffic for Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Southern Colorado with a strong investigative team A suicide bomber has reportedly killed Abu Maria al-Qahtani, co-founder of Syria's main al-Qaida-linked group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Abu Maria Al-Nusra Front. The group, once known as Nusra Front, controls much of Syria’s northwest and claimed to have severed ties with al-Qaeda. However, some activists disputed the source of the explosion, claiming it was a remotely detonated bomb. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that the bomber entered al-Zahtania's guesthouse and detonated it.
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and GHAITH AL-SAYED
Associated Press
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A war monitor says a suicide bomber killed the co-founder of Syria’s main al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of the country’s northwest. However, some activists disputed the source of the explosion, saying instead that a remotely detonated bomb killed Abu Maria al-Qahtani, whose real name was Maysara al-Jubouri. Al-Qahtani co-founded the Nusra Front in Syria, a militant group that later renamed itself Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and claimed it had severed ties with al-Qaida. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the bomber, wearing an explosives vest, entered al-Qahtani’s guesthouse on Thursday in the town of Sarmada in Idlib province and detonated it.
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