In President Barack Obama’s last major military attack against al Qaeda, more than 100 members of the group were killed in a US airstrike in western Syria on Thursday, according to a defense official.
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The strike took place at a training camp west of Aleppo, near the Turkish border. A US B-52 bomber, along with armed drones, dropped 14 munitions on the camp, the official said. The site of the camp was well known to US intelligence.
The official said militants there at the time of the strike were part of the so-called “core al Qaeda” dating back to operatives who rose to power in the organization in Pakistan. Core members moved into this area last year.
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