Abu Maria al-Qahtani, co-founder of the Al-Nusra Front, was killed in a suicide attack. The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group of which he was a member, in command in the rebel region of Idlib (northwest) blamed the assassination on the competing jihadist group Islamic State (IS) Two people who accompanied him were seriously injured in the explosion, according to the OSDH.
The attack has not been claimed at this stage. He was released on March 7 from prison, where he had spent seven months for “treason,” before being cleared.