U.S. strikes ISIS targets in Syria, after 2 soldiers and interpreter were killed last week
The United States carries out airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria. reprisals for the attack that killed two American soldiers and an American interpreter on Saturday, multiple sources told CBS News.
One of the officials said the United States had begun striking dozens of targets in several locations across central Syria, using warplanes, attack helicopters and artillery. More than 70 targets were hit, a US official said.
F-15 fighter jets, A-10 Thunderbolts — known as “Warthogs” — and Apache attack helicopters were used Friday to target ISIS positions in Syria, U.S. officials told CBS News. Jordanian F-16 fighter jets also took part in the operation.
U.S. Central Command described the operation as a “massive strike” and said it was retaliation at a post on X. In a follow-up message, U.S. Central Command said it used “more than 100 precision munitions targeting known ISIS infrastructure and weapons sites.”
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President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth attended the worthy transfer at Dover Air Force Base earlier this week for the two soldiers killed, Sgt. William Howard and Sgt. Edgar Torres Tovar, both of the Iowa National Guard, and interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat.
The three individuals were killed when, according to the Pentagon, a lone ISIS gunman ambushed them while they were supporting a key leader in Palmyra, Syria. Three other members of the Iowa National Guard were injured in the attack.
Mr. Trump promised “very serious retaliation” in a TruthSocial article after the attack, and Hegseth also promised to “avenge these fallen Americans with overwhelming force.”
Hegseth announced in an article Friday that U.S. forces launched “Operation Hawkeye Strike” in Syria “to eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure and weapons sites in direct response to the attack on U.S. forces.”
“Today we hunted and killed our enemies,” Hegseth continued. “A lot of them. And we will continue.”
After the operation began, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement: “President Trump told the world that the United States would respond to the killing of our heroes by ISIS in Syria, and he is keeping that promise. »
U.S. Central Command said Friday that since the attack on U.S. troops last weekend, it has conducted ten operations in Syria and Iraq that resulted in the deaths or arrests of “23 terrorists.”
