US airstrikes struck the former Syrian Army Sheikh Suleiman military base in western Aleppo now used by Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, killing more than 76 al-Qaeda fighters, including Abu Hasan al-Taftanaz, an al-Qaeda senior leader.[5] Since 1 January, more than 150 AQ members were killed by US airstrikes.[6]