U.S. kills senior Khorasan Group leader

A U.S. airstrike has reportedly killed Muhsin al-Fadhli, the Kuwaiti leader of the Khorasan Group, a shadowy Al Qaeda offshoot active in Syria
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2003: Given five-year jail sentenceby Kuwaiti court for terror funding

2005: Designated by U.S. as majorfacilitator for Iraqi-based terrorist  network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

2012: Takes over leadership ofAl Qaeda’s franchise in Iran. U.S.issues $7m reward for his capture

2013: Al Fadhli-led Khorasan militant group dispatched to Syria by Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri to recruit Western jihadis and send them home to carry out attacks

Jul 2014: Khorasan plot to get bombs past airport security prompts U.S. to ban uncharged mobile phones and laptops on flights from Europe and Middle East to America

Apr 24, 1981: Muhsin al-Fadhli born in Kuwait

1990s: Fights alongside Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Becomes close confidant of Osamabin Laden and one of few seniormilitants with prior knowledge of September 11 attacks

Oct 2002: Implicated in attack on French oil tanker MV Limburg off Yemen, in which one crewmember died. Also blamed for attack against U.S. Marines on Faylaka Island in Kuwait which killed one soldier
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TURKEY SYRIA LEBANON Damascus JORDAN IRAQ

100km 60 miles

Jul 8, 2015, SarmadaAl Fadhli killed by airstrike
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Source: Wire agencies

Picture: U.S. State Department

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