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Blast 'kills Syria Islamist chiefs' Syria violence: Blast 'kills Islamist rebel chiefs'
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Bomb blast kills at least 20 at meeting in Syria of leaders of key Islamist insurgents Ahrar al-Sham, reports say A bomb blast has killed at least 20 people at a meeting of leaders of the key Islamist insurgent group Ahrar al-Sham in Syria, reports say.
More to follow. State TV said the group's head, Hassan Abboud, was killed in the attack in the north-western town of Ram Hamdan, though other reports said he was hurt.
The group is part of the Islamic Front, a coalition of seven rebel groups.
In February, Ahrar al-Sham blamed the rival Islamic State group for an attack which killed several of its members.
Ahrar al-Sham is one of the biggest rebel groups fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Two activist groups said a suicide bomber had detonated a vest at the meeting in Idlib province on Tuesday.
In an interview with the BBC in June, Abboud had denounced Islamic State (IS), saying it represented "the worst image ever of Islam.