US strike targets senior al-Qaeda leader

The United States carried out a strike on northwest Syria on Wednesday targeting an unnamed al-Qaeda leader, the Central Command said in a written statement.
The strike comes just days after Turkey announced that its forces had killed the Islamic State group’s head in the same zone in northwest Syria, where Turkish-backed rebels hold sway.
Residents of the area, which mostly consists of hilly plains dotted with shrubbery and boulders, told Reuters that they heard three loud blasts that sounded like air strikes.
The White Helmets, a rescue force in opposition-held parts of Syria, said an unidentified drone had carried out a strike in the northwestern province of Idlib and killed a sheep herder.