A “high-ranking al-Qaeda operative” in Syria, the Salim Abu-‘Ahmad, was killed on September 20 in air strike in Idlib, in the northwest Syria, announced today their army USA.
He was “responsible for planning, financing and approving inter-regional attacks” carried out by the jihadist organization, said a spokesman for the US Central Command (Centcom), the commander. John Riggsby, without giving any other information.
There are no indications of potential victims between the citizens as a result of the operation, is added in the announcement, which is reproduced by AFP.
“This blow is being carried out in the context of US operations to weaken international networks. terrorism “and targeting responsible terrorists who are trying to attack US soil and its interests, as well as its allies abroad,” the spokesman added.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced on September 20 that two commanders Al Qaeda were killed in a US military drone strike, AFP reports. At the time, Centcom had confirmed the death of a senior member of the jihadist network, without announcing his identity.
According to the Observatory, the raids targeted a vehicle on the road connecting Idlib with the city of Benis, northeast of the same province, part of which is still under jihadist control and which remains except of control of the Syrian state.
Part of Idlib province and parts of the neighboring provinces of Hamas, Aleppo and Latakia are controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sam (HTS), former Syrian al-Qaeda wing, writes AFP.
In the area, he adds, there are also organizations guerrillas and other jihadist formations, allies of HTS.
All these organizations were already the target of airstrikes by the Syrian regime, its Russian ally, but also the US-led international coalition against the jihadists and the US military itself.
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