US Names Qaeda Commander Killed in Syria’s Idlib

Arab World

October 2nd, 5:00am

Asharq Al-Awsat

This file photo taken on September 20, 2021, shows the remains of a vehicle reportedly destroyed by a drone strike, on the northeastern outskirts of Syria's northwestern city of Idlib. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

The US military on Friday named the senior Al-Qaeda commander killed in an airstrike in the Idlib region of northwest Syria on September 20 as Salim Abu-Ahmad. The drone strike targeted a vehicle on the road from Idlib city to Binnish, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which said two militant commanders died. US Central Command acknowledged killing an Al-Qaeda official at the time, but did not name him. In a statement on Friday, Centcom spokesman John Rigsbee said Salim Abu-Ahmad "was responsible for planning, funding, and approving trans-regional Al-Qaeda attacks." "There are no indications of civilian casualties as a result of the strike," the statement added.

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