10/09/2014 09:47
Blast kills Syria Islamist leader
Hassan Abboud, the leader of the Syrian Islamist insurgents Ahrar al-Sham has been killed with other top commanders in a bomb blast at a meeting, the BBC reported.
Activists say a suicide bomber detonated a vest in the attack in the north-western town of Ram Hamdan.
Ahrar al-Sham is part of the Islamic Front, a coalition of seven Islamist rebel groups.
In February, Ahrar al-Sham blamed the rival Islamic State group for an attack which killed several of its members.
Activist groups say at least 40 people may have died in the attack, although the exact death toll is not clear.
Ahrar al-Sham is one of the biggest rebel groups fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad.