Zahran Alloush, 44, was the commander of the Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) movement, the predominant opposition faction in the Eastern Ghouta rebel bastion east of Damascus.
A senior member of Jaish al-Islam said three planes had targeted a "secret meeting" of commanders, and confirmed that Alloush was among those killed.
His death, in an air raid claimed by President Bashar al-Assad's regime, was seen as dealing a heavy blow to the nearly five-year uprising and also complicating a fragile peace process.
It also halted the planned evacuation of some 4,000 people, half of them jihadists, from three southern districts of Damascus.
The plan, according to a government official, would see the evacuees transferred out of Qadam, Hajar al-Aswad and the besieged Palestinian camp of Yarmuk on Saturday and into northern Syria.
They are expected to include members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group and Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front...
AFP
i24news.tv
26/12/15
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