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| Abu Mohammad al-Julani, leader of Al-Nusra Front, has fallen into a coma following a Russian surgical strike on the terrorist group’s top commanders in Syria’s Idlib province, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. | Abu Mohammad al-Julani, leader of Al-Nusra Front, has fallen into a coma following a Russian surgical strike on the terrorist group’s top commanders in Syria’s Idlib province, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. |
| Earlier, the ministry said the terrorist leader was critically injured in the strike on October 3. | |
| The bombing, which led to Al-Julani’s injuries, caused chaos among Tahrir al-Sham members, according to the Russian military. After the field commanders of the “eastern sector” of Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Al-Nusra Front) in Idlib province gathered to work out further plans, the Su-34 precision airstrike killed 49 militants, including seven leaders. | |
| READ MORE: Al-Nusra leader gravely injured by airstrike, 12 commanders killed – Russian MoD | READ MORE: Al-Nusra leader gravely injured by airstrike, 12 commanders killed – Russian MoD |
| The jet also destroyed the terrorist group’s "largest underground ammunition depot" near the town of Abu ad-Duhur, accommodating “over 1,000 tons of artillery shells and multiple launch rockets.” |