Bombing kills co-founder of Syria’s main al-Qaida-linked group, once known as Nusra Front

IDLIB, Syria — A suicide bomber set off his explosives late on Thursday in northwestern Syria, killing the co-founder of the country’s main al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of the northwest, a war monitor said. Some activists disputed the source of the explosion, saying instead that a remotely detonated bomb killed Abu Maria al-Qahtani, whose … Read more