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| The head and several leaders of a major Syrian rebel group, Jaysh al-Islam, have been killed in an air strike in a suburb of Damascus, reports say. | |
| Founder Zahroun Alloush was among those killed when rockets hit a meeting place, rebels and activists said. | |
| The Saudi-backed Islamist group is one of the biggest factions and is dominant in the eastern Damascus countryside. | |
| It recently joined an opposition summit in Riyadh which produced a framework for peace talks with the government. | |
| Ten rockets struck as Jaysh al-Islam commanders met, Saudi-funded al-Arabiya TV reported. | |
| Reuters news agency quoted rebel sources as saying the strikes were carried out by Russian planes, though this has not been confirmed. | |
| Russia, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been waging an air campaign in Syria since the end of September. | |
| Moscow insists it has been targeting so-called Islamic State, but rebels and Western officials say the Russian strikes have mainly been hitting other groups. |