The US Armed Forces liquidated one of the leaders of Al-Qaeda in the SAR

"A US airstrike in northwest Syria killed a senior al-Qaeda leader, Abdul Hamid al-Matar," US Central Command spokesman John Rigsby said in a statement.

It is noted that the strike was carried out using an MQ-9 aircraft.

There are no data on civilian casualties resulting from the strike.

In September, it was reported that the Pentagon did not exclude the possibility of reviving al-Qaeda cells in Afghanistan.

* "Al-Qaeda" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 02/14/2003.