Top Islamist Leader Reportedly Killed in Airstrike Near Damascus
18:58 25.12.2015(updated 21:33 25.12.2015)
The leader of the Jaysh al-Islam radical Islamist group was killed in an airstrike near Damascus, local media reports.
Zahran Alloush was killed in an aerial raid that targeted his group's HQ, according to the sources in Eatern Ghouta.
'Our people in the Eastern Ghouta [suburb] have confirmed that Alloush was killed in an airstrike,' a source in the Syrian armed militia told RIA Novosti.
Local media report Alloush was killed in an airstrike conducted by the Russian Air Force. The Russian Defense Ministry has not confirmed the information.
Meanwhile, according to the Al Arabiya TV channel, it was due to a Syrian airstrike.
;Jaysh al-Islam group has been often criticized for its cruelty, including the public executions of prisoners, drawing comparisons with Daesh (ISIL/ISIS).
Jaysh al-Islam is an Islamist group formed by a merger of several opposition groups in 2013. Its primary base of operations is the Damascus neighborhoods and Eastern Ghouta. The group is part of the Islamic Front. The group cooperated and conducted joint operations with the Al-Nusra Front. Its leader, Zahran Alloush, was viewed as one of the most prominent Islamist leaders.;
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