Jordanian and Yemeni al-Qaeda commanders killed in drone strike in Syria
This picture taken on June 4, 2020 shows smoke plumes rising following shelling by pro-Syrian government forces in the town of Banin, north of Maaret al-Numan in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. (File photo: AFP)
The Associated Press, Beirut
A drone strike in northwestern Syria on Sunday killed two senior commanders with an al-Qaeda-linked group, opposition activists said.
Fighters from the former al-Qaeda Syrian affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham fire an anti-aircraft gun mounted on a pickup truck in Syria’s southern Idlib province on August 7, 2019. (File photo: AFP)
This picture taken on March 12, 2020 shows an aerial view of the town of Afis, in the northwestern Idlib province. (AFP)