Al-Qaida number two killed by U.S. drone strike in Syria

Abu Khayr al-Masri was killed in Syria on Thursday. Abdullah Muhammad Rajab Abd Al-Rahman, better known by his alias Abu Khayr al-Masri, a 59-year-old Egyptian and a longtime top member of al-Qaida, was killed in an American drone strike in Syria, the terrorist group confirmed in a statement on Thursday. The al-Qaida statement said he died in a "treacherous" drone strike it described as a "new crime by America and the crusader coalition," according to Reuters. A Hellfire missile fired by a CIA drone struck the car carrying Abu Khayr al-Masri in Idlib, Syria, on Sunday, Reuters reported. The attack was also reported by CNN, The New York Times, and The Guardian.