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Death of Syrian commander stalls peace process
Palpable fear is in the air following the death of Zahran Alloush, the leader of the Jaysh al-Islam group, who was killed on Friday in an air strike claimed by Syrian government forces.
The death of the prominent Syrian rebel leader is being seen as a major blow to the tenuous peace process, with the opposition’s interim leader warning that other commanders could also be targeted for assassination.
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“They killed a man who was going to play a crucial role in Syria,” Ahmad Tumah, the designated opposition prime minister, told Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra on Saturday.
“The death of Zahran could lead to more targeted killings of prominent opposition commanders and politicians.”
Zahran was considered a credible and charismatic leader who had united various rebel groups. At the time of his death, he reportedly commanded as many as 20,000 “mainstream” Syrian fighters.
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