SOHR: 17 leaders of Tahrir al-Sham killed in Coalition's raid, clashes renewed in Idlib

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that a drone, possibly belongs to the International Coalition, bombed a meeting that included leaders of the mercenaries of Tahrir al-Sham with other groups in one of the farms in Jakara village on the border with Turkey in Salqin countryside, west of Idlib, which left killed and injured.

According to the Syrian Observatory, the death toll has so far risen to 22, among them 5 civilians, and 17 leaders and jihadist gangs splintered from the mercenaries of Tahrir al-Sham and in agreement with the mercenaries of Hurras al-Din, regarding the rejection of the Russian-Turkish agreements within the De-escalation zone."

The Observatory said: "Among the killed were 11 former leaders of Tahrir al-Sham mercenaries, including 5 of non-Syrian nationalities, and one of the dead was a leader within ISIS mercenaries before he joined the mercenaries of Tahrir al-Sham at a later time."

In this context, the U.S. military said on Thursday that it had carried out a drone strike against Al Qaeda leaders in northwestern Syria near the Syrian-Turkish border.

The United States Central Command's (CENTCOM) spokesman Beth Riordan said that the U.S. forces launched a raid on a group of Al Qaeda at a meeting of its senior leaders in Syria near Idlib.

Riordan said in a statement: "Eliminating Al Qaeda leaders in Syria will disrupt the terrorist organization's ability to further plot and carry out global attacks that threaten American citizens, our partners and innocent civilians."

In another context, clashes and mutual targeting between the government forces and Turkish mercenaries renewed, as government forces bombed places in towns and villages in Idlib southern countryside using rockets, and the mercenaries targeted with rocket-propelled grenades sites of government forces in Kafar Nbul, south of Idlib.

The Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the mercenaries targeted with heavy artillery shells the government forces' sites and points in Kafar Nbul city and its environs in the southern countryside of Idlib, in response to the bombing of villages and towns in Idlib countryside.

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