Zahran Alloush is taken out during an operation by the Syrian army using newly provided Russian missiles.
The strikes are thought to have hit the insurgent group's secret headquarters.
Jaysh al Islam, which has up to 20,000 trained fighters and controls suburbs east of the capital, was recently represented at landmark opposition talks in Saudi Arabia.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed five other Jaysh al Islam commanders were killed "in an airstrike that targeted one of their meetings in Eastern Ghouta".
Zahran Alloush was leader of Jaysh al-Islam (Islam Army)
The leader of one of Syria's biggest rebel groups has been killed in an airstrike in Damascus.
Zahran Alloush, head of the Jaysh al Islam (Islam Army), was
taken out during an operation by Syrian forces using newly provided
Russian missiles.The strikes are thought to have hit the insurgent group's secret headquarters.
Jaysh al Islam, which has up to 20,000 trained fighters and controls suburbs east of the capital, was recently represented at landmark opposition talks in Saudi Arabia.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed five other Jaysh al Islam commanders were killed "in an airstrike that targeted one of their meetings in Eastern Ghouta".
Top Syrian Rebel Leader Killed In Airstrike
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