Syria rescuers say two killed in drone strikes on northwest

Two people were killed in separate drone strikes Tuesday on a car and a motorcycle in Syria, rescuers said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the twin drone strikes in the Idlib region but a US-led coalition in Syria has carried out past strikes on extremists in the area.

Earlier this year, the United States said it killed several commanders of al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate Hurras al-Din in the area.

The group had recently announced it was breaking up on the orders of the interim government set up after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December.

US troops are deployed in Syria as part of a US-led coalition to fight the ISIS.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

During a meeting in Riyadh last month, US President Donald Trump called on his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa to help Washington to prevent a resurgence by ISIS.