The drone strike targeted a vehicle on the road from Idlib city to Binnish Centcom spokesman John Rigsbee said Salim Abu-Ahmad “was responsible for planning, funding, and approving trans-regional Al-Qaeda attacks” WASHINGTON: 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 extremist commanders died. US Central Command acknowledged killing an Al-Qaeda official at the time, but did not name him. ad 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. The Idlib region is dominated by Syria’s former Al-Qaeda affiliate, but rebels and other militants are also present. Extremist factions have been the target of Syrian, Russian, US and international coalition strikes in the past.