Syrian army soldiers stand next to a tank in the Latakia province
DAMASCUS: Syrian state television said last night the leader of the jihadist Al Nusra Front had been killed, but state news agency Sana withdrew an alert saying the same thing.
“The terrorist Abu Mohammed Al Jawlani, chief of the Al Nusra Front affiliated to Al Qaeda, has been killed in the campaign in (the northwestern province of) Latakia,” the television said, without providing details.
No confirmation was immediately available from other sources. The Peninsula
