Source: Al Qaeda group in Syria plotted attack against U.S. with explosive clothes

Among the targets of U.S. strikes across Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning was a collection of buildings to the west of Aleppo, some distance from strongholds of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS).

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U.S. Central Command said in a statement that eight strikes were conducted against targets of the Khorasan Group, including “training camps, an explosives and munitions production facility, a communication building and command and control facilities.”

Social media video posted Tuesday purported to show the aftermath of strikes in the small town of Kafr Deryan, some 25 miles (40 kms) west of Aleppo, in an area controlled by Jabhat al Nusra, the al Qaeda affiliate in Syria.

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