Abu Firas slain by US attack

- Abu Firas al-Suri, the spokesman of the Nusra front associated with al-Qaeda in Syria, is slain by a Syrian or Russian air raid, but an American. That's what US officials said Monday.

The United States has the Nusra front often been criticized, although most American firepower in Syria directed against Islamic State. Abu Firas was strongly against the way IS operates and also disagreed with the ideology of the extremist group.