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IDLIB, Syria –


A drone strike in northwestern Syria on Friday killed a Saudi militant from an al-Qaida-linked group as he was riding on a motorcycle, a war monitor and local residents said.


the strike in the Jabal al-Zawiya area of the opposition-held Idlib province was believed to have been carried out by a U.S.-led coalition that was established years ago to fight the militant Islamic State group.


There was no immediate comment from the U.S. military, which has carried out a series of attacks over the past several years targeting al-Qaida-linked militants in northwestern Syria.


The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitoring group, said the killed man was identified as Abu Abdul Rahman Makki, a Saudi citizen and former leader of the now-defunct extremist Jund al-Aqsa militant group.


Local media activist Kenana Hindawi said the motorcycle Makki was riding was hit by two missiles.


The U.S. National Counterterrorism Center currently lists Makki as a leader in the Horas al-Din, or “Guardians of Religion,” group, which includes hardcore al-Qaida members who broke away from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the strongest insurgent group in Idlib province.


The Observatory noted that Makki had previously been imprisoned by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.


Last year, a drone strike in Idlib killed two members of the Horas al-Din group.



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