The leader of Ahrar al-Sham which is one of Syria’s most powerful insurgent groups has been killed in an explosion.<br /><br />Hassan Abboud died along with 28 of the group’s top commanders at a meeting in the northwestern town of Ram Hamdan near the city of Idlib.<br /><br />Human Rights watch reports that around 50 people died in the reported suicide bomb attack.<br /><br />Ahrar al-Sham are hardline Islamists and one of the biggest rebel groups fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad.<br /><br />It has often clashed with Islamic State or ISIL as its sometimes called, which is the group responsible for seizing territory in Syria and Iraq.<br /><br />Hassan Abboud has in the past denounced <br />ISIL militants whom analysts believe are most likely responsible for his death.
