UK Claims Responsibility of Attack on Al-Bab City

The British Ministry of Defense issued a statement claiming responsibility for the drone attack on a target in the city of al-Bab, located in the Aleppo province of Syria on December 20.

“On Tuesday 20 December, a Reaper remotely piloted aircraft kept close observation on a building near Al Bab in northern Syria where at least one active Daesh terrorist was known to be present. Great care was taken to ensure that any potential risks to civilians were understood and minimised before the Reaper’s crew fired a salvo of two Hellfire missiles which both struck the target accurately.”

It should be mentioned that on December 20, a drone targeted a house in “Kholo” neighborhood in al-Bab city. Minutes after the incident, it became clear that one of the ISIS commanders, Basa’ Ahmed Al-Sawadi, AKA Abu Yaser Al-Yamani was targeted and seriously injured. After the attack, the body of this person was taken to the hospital, but no further information about his fate was released. Western media claim that he was killed.

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