US drone strike kills two suspected al-Qaeda officials in Idlib
The strike is believed to have killed a former member of Huras al-Din's Shura Council and a security official.
A US drone strike in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib killed two al-Qaeda officials and reportedly injured other people near the village of Arab Sa’id on Thursday.
The US Central Command claimed credit for the strike in an email to Al-Monitor on Thursday. Al-Qaeda in Syria “continues to present a threat to America and our allies,” Maj. Beth Riordan wrote.
Syria’s opposition Euphrates Post identified two of those killed in the strike as Abu Dharr al-Masri, a former Sharia official with Huras al-Din, and Abu Yousef al-Maghribi.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Masri had been a member of Huras al-Din’s Shura Council, and that al-Maghribi had been the group’s general security official.
