The leader and top commanders of Syrian Islamist insurgents Ahrar al-Sham have been killed in a suicide attack Tuesday. The BBC reports:
Hassan Abboud, the leader of the Syrian Islamist insurgents Ahrar al-Sham has been killed with other top commanders in a bomb blast at a meeting.
Activists say a suicide bomber detonated a vest in the attack in the north-western town of Ram Hamdan.
Ahrar al-Sham is part of the Islamic Front, a coalition of seven Islamist rebel groups.
In February, Ahrar al-Sham blamed the rival Islamic State group for an attack which killed several of its members.
Ahrar al-Sham is one of the biggest rebel groups fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Although the group is hard-line Islamist in orientation, it has opposed and clashed with the ultra-radical Islamic State (IS) group, which is the most likely quarter to be blamed for the attack, reports the BBC’s Jim Muir.
https://twitter.com/zaidbenjamin/status/509419755066101760
@TheBigPharaoh @hxhassan Who done it?
— Killgore Trout (@Killg0reTr0ut) September 9, 2014
@hxhassan ISIS did it?
— The Big Pharaoh (@TheBigPharaoh) September 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/MastaKace/status/509399257561174017
.@TheBigPharaoh Isis are celebrating big. So is the regime. This will be a turning point of sorts
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) September 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/Lion_Alsomaal29/status/509413632732450816
According to this reliable tweep, Ahrar leaders died of suffocation (reports of chemical attack are everywhere) https://t.co/RY1gH6tNLL
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) September 9, 2014
@hxhassan doesnt the official statement of ahrar claim that they died cause of a car bomb ?
— L (@messi_ma1444) September 9, 2014
@hxhassan here is the English version: pic.twitter.com/4jC9MpYzjG
— orit perlov (@oritperlov) September 9, 2014
@Blowpobbs @faysalitani @hxhassan FSA website showed a banner from Al Jazeera saying that they were killed by suffocation.
— mn jg (@mnjg123) September 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/FaisalbinFarhan/status/509418837452652544
@hxhassan
So many theories right now. Wait til the dust settles.— k.m. munro (@BaileyPittipat) September 9, 2014
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