A prominent military commander of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, died on April 21 of wounds he sustained as a result of a recent attack by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has been actively using FPV suicide drones and precision artillery fire to attack al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allies in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib.