A senior commander of the Syrian militant group, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham ,formerly known as al-Nusra Front has been killed near Aleppo.
The group said on its Twitter that its commander Abu Omar Sarakeb died in an air strike. However, it did not say which country’s forces had carried out the air strike. The Syrian government, Russia and a US-led coalition have all been carrying out air strikes against militant groups in Syria.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Russian Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov in Geneva today to discuss efforts to forge a nationwide truce, improve humanitarian aid deliveries and restart peace talks.