Al Qaeda deputy leader killed in Syria drone strike

WASHINGTON: Al Qaeda’s deputy leader Abu Khayr al-Masri was killed in a drone strike in northwest Syria, US-based SITE Intelligence said on Monday, citing jihadist sources. The 59-year-old Egyptian national, the deputy of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Syria, died in the US drone strike near the city of Idlib. The Pentagon confirmed it carried out a strike in on Sunday but did not say who the attack targeted.