WASHINGTON: The US military on Friday named the Senior Commander of Al-Qaeda who was killed in an air strike in the northwest Syrian Idlib region on September 20 as Salim Abu-Ahmad.
Drone attacks target vehicles on the road from the city of Idlib to Binish, according to Syrian observatory for human rights, which said two Jihadist commanders died.
The US Central Command admitted the murder of an al-Qaeda official at the time, but did not give him his name.
In a statement on Friday, Centcom spokesman John Rigsbee said Salim Abu-Ahmad was responsible for planning, funding, and approved the Trans-Regional Al-Qaeda attack “.
“There is no indication of civilian casualties as a result of a strike,” added the statement.
The Idlib region was dominated by the former Al-Qaeda Affiliate Syria, but the rebels and other jihadists were also present.
Jihadist factions have become the target of the strike of the Syrian, Russian, US and international coalition in the past.