YEMEN Press Agency

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s deputy killed in Syria

SANAA, June 25 (YPA) – Deputy general of Horas ad-Deen, Khaled al-Arouri et Abou al-Qassam was killed in an international coalition air raid on Idlib northwestern Syria.

The so-called “Horas al-Deen” group, which is close to the al-Qaeda terrorist organization in Syria, announced the death of Its Deputy General Khaled al-Arouri.

According to the statement, Abu al-Qassam was wounded about eight days ago by a coalition raid on Idlib and died of his wounds he had sustained.

Abu al-Qassam al-Jordan is believed to be the military official of the Horas ad-Deen in Syria, who was briefly arrested by the so-called “Levant Liberation Organization” at the end of 2017.

Abu al-Qassam was the former deputy of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, came to Syria in September 2015 and travelled from Daraa to northern Syria at the end of the same year.

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