Syrian state TV: Daesh ‘war minister’ killed east of Aleppo

Smoke rises after the war crafts belong to Assad Regime forces carried out airstrikes on the Darat Izza district of Aleppo, Syria on 22 April, 2017 [Mahmud Faisal/Anadolu Agency]

Senior Daesh militants, including the group’s “minister of war”, have been killed in Syrian army operations to the east of Aleppo, Syrian state media cited a military source as saying today.

The “minister of war” was identified as Abu Musab Al-Masri. The military source said he was among a number of senior Daesh militants killed in the army operations, who included Saudis and Iraqis.

The Syrian government has been locked in a six-year civil war against an array of opposition forces. Fighting began after the government cracked down on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011. As a result, an estimated 400,000 people have been killed and half of Syria’s population has been displaced.

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