Two Turks linked with Al-Qaeda killed by Syrian regime forces: SANA

December 09 2013 11:23:06

Two Turks linked with Al-Qaeda killed by Syrian regime forces: SANA

DAMASCUS – Doğan News Agency

Two Turkish citizens linked with Al-Qaeda fighting against President al-Assad’s regime’s forces were killed in an operation last weekend, government-owned Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) has reported.

The Turkish citizens, identified as Hüseyin Orhan and Ali İzzetoğlu, were killed by regime forces near Idlib in Syria’s northwest.

A Saudi Arabian general from Al-Qaeda was also killed in the operation, the reports said.

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