US raids kill top Qaeda operative in Syria

Umit Yasar Toprak, a Turkish national from the city of Bursa who had left his family and gone to Syria two months ago to join the al-Nusra Front, was killed in the first round of the US-led air strikes, reported the Turkish daily Today's Zaman.

According to media reports, Toprak, who went by a codename of Ebu Yusuf el Turki, left his wife and five children in Bursa to join the al-Qaeda-affiliated group in Syria about two months ago. 

His family refused to comment on his alleged death.