Fighters from the former Al-Nusra Front — renamed Fateh al-Sham Front after breaking from Al-Qaeda — advance at an armament school after they announced they seiged control of two military academies and a third military position on August 6, 2016.

Syria’s militant Jabhat Fateh al Sham, formerly the Nusra Front, said on Monday that Egyptian cleric Abu al Faraj al Masri, a prominent member of the militant group, had been killed in a strike by the U.S.-led coalition.

A statement posted to social media said Sheikh Abu al Faraj al Masri, whose real name is Shekih Ahmad Salamah Mabrouk, a member of the group’s religious Shura council, had been killed in a strike in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib.

Militant sources had earlier said al-Masri was killed when an unidentified drone hit the vehicle in which he was travelling. A US defense official confirmed to Reuters a strike had targeted a prominent al Qaeda member on Monday but said Washington was still assessing its result.

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