Historic jihadist leader from Syria's last rebel stronghold killed in attack. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham announced on Friday the death in a suicide attack of one of its members, Abu Maria al-Qahtani, co-founder of the al-Nusra Front.
He was in charge in the rebel region of Idlib (northwest) He was released on March 7 from prison, where he had spent seven months for "treason", before being cleared by the HTS and released.