(AFP) A French jihadist has been killed fighting Syrian regime forces in northwestern Syria, his faction announced on Monday.
The extremist used the pseudonym Abu Hamza, but his real name could not be verified.
Firqatul Ghuraba, a group of foreign jihadists in Syria’s last main rebel-held region of Idlib, announced “the martyrdom of one of its heroes … from the French Muhajirin, our brother Abu Hamza.”
The group is led by Omar Omsen, also known as Omar Diaby, a French national of Senegalese descent suspected of funneling francophone fighters to Syria. He is wanted on a French arrest warrant.
In a statement on WhatsApp, the group said Hamza died in the Jabal al-Zawiya area of Idlib during “a military advance of the Assad regime.”
