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As a result of the US airstrike on December 3 on one of the leaders of the Al-Qaeda group (the movement is recognized as terrorist and prohibited in the Russian Federation) in northern Syria, a family of six was injured. On Monday, December 6, the Associated Press reports.
It is noted that among the injured there is a 10-year-old child who received serious head injuries. The rest of the victims are lightly wounded.
As follows from the material, a 52-year-old local resident with his wife and four children were driving a car when the drone hit. The alleged militant was riding a motorcycle and trying to overtake the car in which the family was.
On December 4, US command confirmed that it had struck from an MQ-9 drone near Idlib the previous day. The target of the attack was “one of the leaders of a high-level terrorist organization.” At that time, the official representative of the US Central Command, Bill Urban, admitted that the strike could lead to civilian casualties.
On 20 July, the United States launched an airstrike against an al-Qaeda-linked group in Somalia. It was the first military action under President Joe Biden against a branch of a terrorist group.
On September 9, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said that Moscow viewed al-Qaeda as a threat to the world.
Source: IZ
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