Drone attack kills 2 people in Idlib, Syria

Published February 16th, 2025 - 06:45 GMT
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A picture taken on November 26, 2019 shows destroyed vehicles following a car bomb attack at a local market in the Turkish-held Syrian Kurdish town of Tel Hal along the border with Turkey in the northeastern Hassakeh province. / AFP / Nazeer Al-khatib

ALBAWABA - A drone attack targeted a car carrying two people in Idlib Governorate, northwest Syria, on Saturday evening. The done is believed to be affiliated with the international coalition to fight ISIS.

Media reports revealed that the incident occurred on the Orem al-Jawz road in Jabal al-Zawiya, in the southern Idlib countryside.

Medical sources in Idlib Governorate said that two were killed in the drone attack in Idlib city in Syria. Doctors, however, can't identify the bodies of the people killed due to the charring of their bodies.

Sources in northern Syria revealed that a drone believed to be affiliated with the coalition targeted a car carrying two people, despite that their identities were unknown, sources claimed that one of whom is believed to be called Abu Bakr Morek, a leader in the ISIS group, and another leader with him.

The international coalition to fight ISIS often announces using drones and warplanes to target raids on ISIS leaders in northern Syria.

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