IDLIB, Syria — A drone strike in northwestern Syria on Friday killed a Saudi militant from an al-Qaida-linked group as he was driving on a motorbike, the U.S. army and a warfare monitor stated.
The strike within the Jabal al-Zawiya space of the opposition-held Idlib province was carried out by a U.S.-led coalition that was established years in the past to combat the militant Islamic State group.
The U.S. army has carried out a collection of assaults over the previous a number of years concentrating on al-Qaida-linked militants in northwestern Syria.
The U.S. Central Command stated in a press release that its forces had killed Abu Abdul Rahman Makki, a senior chief within the group Horas al-Din, or “Guardians of Faith,” in a “kinetic strike.” It stated Makki was “answerable for overseeing terrorist operations from Syria.”
“CENTCOM stays dedicated to the enduring defeat of terrorists … who threaten america, its allies and companions, and regional stability,” the CENTCOM commander, Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, stated in a press release.
Horas al-Din consists of hardcore al-Qaida members who broke away from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the strongest rebel group in Idlib province.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a warfare monitoring group, stated Makki was a Saudi citizen and former chief of the now-defunct extremist Jund al-Aqsa militant group.
Native media activist Kenana Hindawi stated the bike Makki was driving was hit by two missiles.
The Observatory famous that Makki had beforehand been imprisoned by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
Final 12 months, a drone strike in Idlib killed two members of the Horas al-Din group.
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