A drone strike near the "Islamic State" (ISIS) terrorist group's de facto Syrian capital Raqqa killed a terrorist commander heading to the Aleppo province on orders from the organisation's chief, a monitoring group said Thursday, according to AFP.
His death is the latest in a series of blows to the jihadist group in recent weeks, and comes days after Russian-backed Syrian government forces recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from its grip.
Abu al-Hija, a high-ranking Tunisian ISOS commander, was killed late on Wednesday in a strike by a drone that was "most likely operated by the US-led coalition", the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.