A prominent Syrian rebel leader has died from wounds suffered in an air raid on the city of Aleppo, in a blow to the armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, activists said on Monday, Reuters informs.
Abdelqader Saleh, head of the Islamist al-Tawhid Brigades, which is backed by Qatar, died in a Turkish hospital where he had been taken. Saleh had been wounded on Thursday when Assad’s forces raided a Tawhid meeting and killed another commander on the spot, opposition sources said.
“We declare the martyrdom of Abdelqader Saleh,” a statement by Tawhid said.
