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DAMASCUS, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- A most-wanted commander of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front was killed by an air strike on Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, activists and the Nusra group said Saturday.
Abdul-Muhsen al-Shraikh, also known as Sanfi al-Naser, was killed during an air raid targeting him along with two other commanders while driving their vehicle in the town of Dana in the countryside of Idlib.
The Nusra Front said al-Shraikh was a "great commander," adding that he was targeted on Friday.
The Nusra Front posted an online photo, purporting to show a destroyed vehicle, saying the vehicle was hit by an air strike of the "crusaders-Arab coalition" in Dana town, referring to the U.S.-led bloc of nations grouped to fight against the Islamic State militant group.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the Saudi commander was among two other leaders targeted by the airstrikes in Idlib.
The Observatory said it wasn't clear whether the air raid was carried out by Russia or the United States.
Al-Shreikh, a Saudi national, was placed on the wanted list in both Saudi Arabia and the United State since 2004.
