Gunmen assassinate commander of Syrian Islamic group
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Syrian activists and an official with an ultraconservative rebel group say gunmen have shot and killed the group's commander the main central province.
Labib al-Nahhas of Syria's Ahrar al-Sham Islamic rebel group mourned on his Twitter account late on Tuesday the death of Abu Rateb al-Homsy, the group's leader in Homs province. It was not clear when al-Homsy was killed.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says al-Homsy was shot while in a car with his wife in the village of Farhaniyeh. She was wounded in the attack.
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Several local commanders of insurgent groups have been assassinated over the past weeks in Homs. No one has claimed responsibility for the killings.
Ahrar al-Sham is one of the most powerful rebel groups and is active in different parts of Syria.