US launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria after deadly ambush
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Key Points:
- The U.S. conducted a new round of large-scale retaliatory strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria following an ISIS ambush last month that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter.
- The strikes, part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, were carried out alongside partner forces and targeted multiple ISIS locations across Syria.
- The operation is a direct response to the December 2024 attack in Palmyra that killed Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, and interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat.
- Syrian officials reported the arrest of the Islamic State military leader in the Levant a day before the U.S. strikes, and Syria has recently joined the global coalition against ISIS.
