US walks back claim it killed major al Qaeda leader in drone strike

close

Video

US launches strike in Syria after drone attack

Apogee Sturdy co-founder Tim Kennedy joined ‘Fox & Buddies Weekend’ to debate the U.S. response and the significance of fatherhood in America. 

U.S. army officers are strolling again a declare {that a} senior al Qaeda leader was killed in a current drone strike in Syria, a senior U.S. protection official confirmed to Fox Information.

The story was first reported by the Washington Post.

The household of 56-year-old Lotfi Hassan Misto recognized him because the individual killed by the American missile on Might 3, in accordance with the Publish.

U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, oversaw the operation and launched a press release on the day of the strike saying it performed a strike “concentrating on a senior Al Qaeda chief.” 

PAKISTANI OFFICER ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT GIRLS’ SCHOOL BUS, KILLING 8-YEAR-OLD

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted plane (RPA) flies by throughout a coaching mission.  (Isaac Brekken/Getty Photos)

No different particulars have been offered and the determine of the individual killed was not revealed. 

US AIR DEFENSES DOWN DURING SUSPECTED IRANIAN DRONE STRIKE IN SYRIA THAT KILLED ONE AMERICAN

Misto’s household claims he had no ties to terrorist organizations and was tending to his sheep when he was killed.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Misto’s household informed the Publish he was a father of 10 who lived quietly in a city in northwest Syria and spent a lot of his life in poverty.