U.S. drone strike kills al Qaeda-linked commander in Syria. He was riding a motorcycle

Beirut — A drone strike by the U.S.-led coalition in northwestern Syria killed a senior member of an al Qaeda-linked group, Syrian opposition activists and the U.S. military said Tuesday.

The attack on the suspected militant, who was riding a motorcycle at the time, came shortly before midnight on Monday - the latest in a series of strikes over the past years targeting al Qaeda-linked militants in northwestern Syria.

The U.S. Central Command said its forces conducted "a kinetic strike" in Syria's Idlib province, targeting Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a senior leader of Horas al-Din group. Al Yemeni was traveling alone at the time of the strike, it said, adding that an initial review indicated no civilian casualties.