Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike
Senior Egyptian al-Qaeda leader and former aide to Osama Bin Laden, Rifai Ahmad Taha, was among several militants killed in an American drone strike in Syria on Tuesday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Before he joined the al-Qaeda, Taha was a top leader of the Gamaa Islamiya, which murdered 58 foreigners in Luxor city, Egypt, in 1997.