{"id":950,"date":"2017-10-04T15:31:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/nusra-leader-injured-12-commanders-killed-in-russia-strike\/"},"modified":"2017-10-04T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T15:31:40","slug":"nusra-leader-injured-12-commanders-killed-in-russia-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/nusra-leader-injured-12-commanders-killed-in-russia-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Nusra leader injured, 12 commanders killed in Russia strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russia said on Wednesday it had killed 12 field commanders of al-Nusra Front, adding the group’s top leader had lost an arm and was in a “critical condition.”<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tDefense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the strike was the result of a special operation to avenge an attack on Russian military police in the so-called Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria on September 18, AFP reported.<\/p>\n

\n\t“As a result of the strike, the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra Abu Mohammed al-Jolani received multiple serious shrapnel wounds, lost an arm and is in a critical condition, according to several independent sources,” Konashenkov said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe said 12 field commanders including al-Jolani’s security chief were also killed along with some 50 guards.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore than 10 terrorists received moderate and serious blast injuries, he said, adding that Sukhoi Su-34 and Su-35 jets were used to target the terrorists.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Moscow-led forces were able to hunt down the terror group using data obtained by Russian military intelligence on Tuesday and struck just when the terrorists convened for a meeting.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Jabhat al-Nusra, or al-Nusra Front, shed its status as Al-Qaeda\u2019s Syrian affiliate in 2016 and became Fateh al-Sham Front.<\/p>\n

\n\tSince 2017, it dominates a coalition of terrorist factions. The alliance controls most of the northwestern province of Idlib after expelling former allies earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver the past months Russia has claimed to have killed several top terrorist commanders.<\/p>\n

\n\tRussia reported in June its jets had possibly killed the leader of the Daesh group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a bombing raid near the Daesh\u2019s stronghold of Raqa in Syria and said in July it was struggling to confirm if he was dead or alive.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this month the Daesh group released an audio recording of what it said was its leader al-Baghdadi.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast month Russia claimed to have killed several top Daesh commanders in an airstrike including the US-trained “minister of war” Gulmurod Khalimov.<\/p>\n

\n\tSince the assault on Russian military police, Idlib has been the target of heavy airstrikes by the Syria military and Russia.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Russian Defense Ministry said three officers were wounded in the September 18 attack and would be decorated.<\/p>\n

\n\tIdlib province and some adjacent areas form one of four so-called de-escalation zones agreed in May by Turkey and Russia and Iran.<\/p>\n

\n\tRussia stepped in to support the government of Bashar al-Assad in September 2015 and has helped government forces win back large parts of the country.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver the past weeks, Russia has lost a number of officers in the conflict including a general, Valery Asapov, believed to be the country’s highest-ranking casualty of the Syrian campaign.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore than 330,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011.<\/p>\n

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