Beirut - The Syrian army carried out an operation that killed the military commander of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front on Thursday in north-western Syria, Syrian state media reported.
Abu Humam al-Shami was killed by an explosion during a meeting of Nusra Front leaders in Idlib province. Insurgent sources said at least three other Nusra Front commanders were killed in the blast.
The Syrian state news agency Sana, quoting its correspondent, said Abu Humam and a number of other Nusra leaders had been killed in an army operation targeting the meeting held in the village of Hobait in a rural area of Idlib.