The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Alloush and five other commanders were killed “in an air strike that targeted one of their meetings in Eastern Ghouta”.
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The Syrian army claimed responsibility for the airstrike that killed Allouch, although many among the opposition blamed Russian Federation.
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On Friday, citing activists from the Local Coordination Committees, the Associated Press reported that Russian warplanes carried out the attack on Alloush.
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A former prisoner who was released in a general amnesty after the uprising against Assad began in March 2011, Allouch joined the armed opposition and formed the Army of Islam – which soon became one of the most organized rebel factions in Syria.
Alloush’s Jaysh al Islam, with thousands of trained fighters, is the biggest rebel group, and seen as the most organised.
The combined developments all strengthen Assad’s position as his government prepares for peace talks that the United Nations is planning to convene in Geneva late next month.
His group controls large parts of the Damascus suburbs.
At least 10 rockets struck a meeting between Zahran Alloush and several other leaders of the group Friday, according to Al Arabiya.
Before setting up Jaysh al-Islam, Alloush had founded Liwa al-Islam, or the Brigade of Islam, with his father Abdallah, a Salafist Syrian cleric based in Saudi Arabia.
Alloush was ideologically at odds with Islamic State and al Qaeda, espousing a more moderate brand of Islam.
Airstrikes over a Damascus suburb have killed the commander of prominent Syrian rebel group Jaysh al-Islam.
The Syrian government describes the group as “terrorists” and has said it will not negotiate with such factions.
“Alloush’s martyrdom should be a turning point in the history of the revolution and rebel groups should realise they are facing an war of extermination and uprooting by (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s regime”, said Labib al Nahhas, a senior figure in the main Ahrar al-Sham rebel group.
Manar is the official mouthpiece of Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite group which is a major ally of the Assad government and has sent its forces to fight alongside government troops.
Critics accuse him of sectarian politics and brutal tactics similar to that of Islamic State.
They would then be transported to the northern cities of Raqqa, held by IS, and Marea which is controlled by Islamists and Al-Nusra, the official said.
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His group was behind the shelling of Damascus in recent months with mortar shells, including an attack that targeted the Russian Embassy. But he was also accused of being involved in the abduction of Razan Zaytouneh, Syrian human rights campaigner. Such attacks have killed and wounded scores of civilians.
