article_snippet: (CNN)As many as 13 senior leaders of al-Nusra Front, including the terror group's military commander, were killed in two Syrian airstrikes Thursday, a Middle Eastern security source who was briefed by Syrian intelligence told CNN.
article_snippet: Abu Hammam al Shami was among those killed in the strikes against al-Nusra, al Qaeda's largest affiliate in Syria, a Middle Eastern security source who was briefed by Syrian intelligence said.
article_snippet: Syria's state news agency SANA also reported Abu Hammam al Shami death.
article_snippet: Also killed in the northwestern province of Idlib was a senior Saudi operative in the terror group, a Middle Eastern security source who was briefed by Syrian intelligence said.
highlights_snippet: One of the 13 senior leaders killed was the al Qaeda affiliate's military commander, the source says .
  