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US conducts strikes in Syria in response to attack that killed two American soldiers

  • On Friday, U.S. forces struck multiple targets across central Syria in retaliation for a recent attack that killed two American soldiers, with strikes reported from Deir ez-Zor to Palmyra and Raqqa.
  • The Dec. 13 ambush in Palmyra killed two Iowa National Guard members and American civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, while U.S. officials say ISIS attribution remains unclear.
  • U.S. fighter jets, attack helicopters, and HIMARS systems, supported by Jordanian F-16s, destroyed more than 130 mortars and rockets during the strikes, more than 70 targets by about 2:15 a.m.
  • Officials framed the strikes as a sharp escalation while about 1,000 U.S. troops in Syria build on nearly 80 missions since July, targeting `ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites`, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
  • The Pentagon named the mission Operation Hawkeye in honor of the slain soldiers from Iowa, CENTCOM opened an investigation, and partner raids provided intelligence refining strike targets.
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A week after the death of three U.S. citizens – including two soldiers belonging to the Idowa National Guard – in the Syrian town of Palmira at the hands of the Islamic State, the Trump Administration reported this Saturday morning that it launched a "massive attack" against the terrorist organization's "infrastructure and weapons caches" in Syria. From Washington, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that Operation Hawkeye is not the beginning o…

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'Very serious retaliation': U.S. strikes ISIS targets in Syria

The Trump administration launched more than 70 strikes against ISIS targets in Syria on Friday, responding to an ambush attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American civilian interpreter last week.

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The spokesman-Review broke the news in Spokane, United States on Friday, December 19, 2025.
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