According to military officials, a senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria earlier this month.

According to the Air Force Times, Salim Abu-Ahmad was shot while riding in a car outside of Idlib on Sept. 20, and no civilians were hurt.

Army Maj. John Rigsbee informed the publication that Salim Abu-Ahmad was in charge of planning, funding, and approving trans-regional al-Qaeda assaults.

“As a result of the strike, there have been no reports of civilian casualties. This strike is part of a broader US effort to disrupt international terrorist networks and target terrorist leaders who want to attack the US homeland, as well as its interests and allies around the world.”

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the US was behind the assassination of a terrorist who belonged to an extremist group associated to al-Qaeda on September 20. Armed rebels hostile to government power have held sway in the province.

The hit occurred just hours after Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced that an investigation into the Aug 29 Afghanistan attack that killed ten civilians had been initiated.

A drone strike in Kabul targeted a humanitarian worker who was incorrectly identified as an ISIS-K operative.