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U.S. Used Secret Weapon, Missile With Blades, to Kill Qaeda Leader in Syria.

Authors :
SCHMITT, ERIC
Gibbons-Neff, Thomas
Source :
New York Times. 6/25/2020, Vol. 169 Issue 58735, pA13-A13. 1/4p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The article reports that American Special Operations forces used specially designed secret missile to kill the head of a Qaeda affiliate, Khaled al-Aruri, in Syria. Topics include Khaled al-Aruri, the de facto leader of the Qaeda branch, called Hurras al Din, perished in a drone strike in Idlib in northwest Syria; and he was a Qaeda veteran whose jihadist career dates to the 1990s.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03624331
Volume :
169
Issue :
58735
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New York Times
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
144228312