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US Military Says it Killed Leader of al-Qaeda-Aligned Group in Syria

US soldiers and military vehicles as a base in Syria's northeastern town of Rmelan on October 29, 2023. (AFP)
US soldiers and military vehicles as a base in Syria's northeastern town of Rmelan on October 29, 2023. (AFP)
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US Military Says it Killed Leader of al-Qaeda-Aligned Group in Syria

US soldiers and military vehicles as a base in Syria's northeastern town of Rmelan on October 29, 2023. (AFP)
US soldiers and military vehicles as a base in Syria's northeastern town of Rmelan on October 29, 2023. (AFP)

The US military said it carried out a strike in Syria on Friday that killed a senior leader of an al-Qaeda aligned group, Reuters said.
The strike targeted Abu-’Abd al-Rahman al-Makki, a senior leader of the al-Qaeda-aligned Hurras al-Din, the US Central Command said in a post on X.
The strike took place in the Jabal al-Zawiya area of the opposition-held Idlib province.
The US military has carried out a series of attacks over the past several years targeting al-Qaida-linked militants in northwestern Syria.
“CENTCOM remains committed to the enduring defeat of terrorists ... who threaten the United States, its allies and partners, and regional stability,” the CENTCOM commander, Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, said in a statement.

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Türkiye, Russia Resume Joint Patrols in Northeast Syria, Turkish Ministry Says

A Turkish soldier walks next to a Turkish military vehicle during a joint US-Türkiye patrol near Tel Abyad, Syria. (Reuters file)
A Turkish soldier walks next to a Turkish military vehicle during a joint US-Türkiye patrol near Tel Abyad, Syria. (Reuters file)
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Türkiye, Russia Resume Joint Patrols in Northeast Syria, Turkish Ministry Says

A Turkish soldier walks next to a Turkish military vehicle during a joint US-Türkiye patrol near Tel Abyad, Syria. (Reuters file)
A Turkish soldier walks next to a Turkish military vehicle during a joint US-Türkiye patrol near Tel Abyad, Syria. (Reuters file)

Turkish and Russian troops in armored vehicles have resumed joint ground patrols in northeast Syria after operations were halted last year for security reasons, Türkiye’s defense ministry said on Friday.

The joint ground patrol was relaunched on Thursday into the east of the "Operation Peace Spring" zone in northeast Syria, involving four vehicles and 24 personnel, the statement said.

The ministry did not elaborate on the security issues that halted joint patrol operations in October last year. A total of 344 joint patrols had been conducted in the area since 2019, the ministry said.

In 2019, Türkiye and its Syrian opposition allies began military operations in northeast Syria, dubbed "Operation Peace Spring", aiming to drive back Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

That year, Ankara and Moscow agreed to conduct joint patrols in the region under a deal struck by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Joint ground patrols will continue in the near future to establish stability in northeast Syria, ensure security of Türkiye’s borders and demonstrate Turkish-Russian cooperation in the fight against terrorism, the defense ministry said.