India, March 3 -- The senior military leader of an Al-Qaeda affiliate terrorist organization has been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Northwest Syria.

U.S. Central Command said its forces conducted a precision airstrike targeting Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, the senior military leader of Hurras al-Din (HaD).

He is the fourth terrorist at the Hurras al-Din's leadership level to have been eliminated by U.S. forces in the region in the past one month.

Hurras al-Din, sometimes referred to as Al-Qaeda in Syria, was a Salafi Jihadist organization that fought in the Syrian civil war.

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"The airstrike is part of CENTCOM's ongoing commitment, along with partners in t...