US EditionUS military carries out large-scale strikes against Islamic State targets across Syria
U.S. and coalition forces struck over 35 ISIS targets in Syria, killing and capturing militants in retaliation for a December ambush that killed three Americans, CENTCOM said.
- Saturday, U.S. Central Command said U.S. and partner forces carried out large-scale strikes across Syria at around 12.30 p.m. ET as part of Operation Hawkeye Strike directed by President Donald Trump.
- Following the December 13 ambush in Palmyra, Syria, two U.S. soldiers, Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, and one U.S. civilian interpreter were killed.
- A U.S. official told CNN that the operation fired over 90 precision munitions to hit more than 35 targets using over two dozen aircraft, while CENTCOM said forces killed at least seven IS members and eliminated four weapons caches.
- CENTCOM emphasized that `We will not relent,` and stated the strikes aim to root out ISIS, protect forces, with `Our message remains strong.`
- In late December, CENTCOM reported 11 missions over a 10-day period and a Dec. 19 strike that hit 70 targets, while about 1,000 U.S. troops remain and Tom Barrack met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus.
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The U.S. Army has once again attacked targets of the terrorist militia of Islamic State in Syria.
The US military command for the Middle East stated that these strikes were carried out as part of the US response to an attack that killed three Americans in December in Syria.
The attack was part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, which Trump authorized in response to the Palmyra attack on US and Syrian forces last December.
On Saturday, the United States claimed to have conducted "large-scale" strikes against the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.
Central Command, which oversees US military operations in the Middle East, said the strikes were in retaliation for an IS attack in Syria on December 13.
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