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The US army carried out airstrikes in opposition to ISIS in Syria on Saturday in one other retaliatory strike over an assault that killed American service members.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that it had carried out strikes “all through Syria” as a part of Operation Hawkeye, with out disclosing casualties.
An unnamed US official advised CNN that the operation launched 90 precision munitions at greater than 35 targets, utilizing over two dozen plane.
Footage shared on CENTCOM’s social media confirmed F-15E fighter jets and A-10 Warthogs taking off in a montage with grainy ‘unclassified’ footage of explosions.
“Our message stays robust: when you hurt our warfighters, we’ll discover you and kill you anyplace on this planet, regardless of how arduous you attempt to evade justice,” an announcement learn.
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CENTCOM didn’t specify precisely the place the strikes happened, and solely famous that they occurred within the early afternoon, US Jap Time.
The army mentioned the assaults had been a part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, launched final month after Islamic State militants killed US army personnel in Syria.
Two American troopers and a civilian interpreter had been killed in that December 13 incident in Palmyra, it mentioned. The troopers had been recognized as 25-year-old Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar of Des Moines, Iowa, and 29-year-old Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard of Marshalltown, Iowa.
Three different Iowa Nationwide Guard members had been wounded within the assault blamed on ISIS.
“The strikes immediately focused ISIS all through Syria as a part of our ongoing dedication to root out Islamic terrorism in opposition to our warfighters, stop future assaults, and defend American and associate forces within the area,” CENTCOM mentioned on Saturday.
“US and coalition forces stay resolute in pursuing terrorists who search to hurt the USA.”
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Secretary of Warfare Pete Hegseth shared the assertion, including: “We’ll always remember, and by no means relent.”
Florida Rep Jimmy Patronis added: “The USA maintains essentially the most deadly preventing pressure on this planet. Let or not it’s recognized, POTUS’ peace via energy agenda was not a slogan, however a promise saved.”
The Trump administration introduced the operation in December, launching a large-scale strike with Jordan that hit 70 targets throughout central Syria that had IS infrastructure and weapons.
These strikes are a part of broader efforts by a US-led coalition, which has been conducting each aerial and floor operations in opposition to suspected ISIS members throughout Syria in latest months, incessantly together with Syrian safety forces.
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The Syrian authorities has been cooperating in opposition to ISIS after reaching an settlement late final yr when President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited the White Home.
Syria is led by ex-rebels who toppled former President Bashar al-Assad in 2024 after a 13-year civil warfare, and contains members of Syria’s former Al Qaeda department who broke with the group and clashed with Islamic State.
The Pentagon referred questions on Saturday’s strikes again to the CENTCOM assertion, and the State Division didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
