DHAKA: The military chief of Syria’s al-Nusra Front militant group has been killed in an air strike, the group has said.

The jihadist group said on social media that three other leaders were killed along with Abu Homam al-Shami.

Syria’s state-run news agency said the army had targeted Nusra leaders as they met in northern Idlib province, the BBC reported.

The Nusra Front is one of the most powerful groups fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

It was behind a major attack on the Air Force Intelligence headquarters in Aleppo on Wednesday.

Al-Nusra named the three other leaders killed as Abu Musab Falastini, Abu Omar Kurdi, and Abu Baraa Ansari.

BDST: 0409 HRS, MAR 06, 2015