The US carried out large-scale strikes against ISIS targets in Syria on Saturday tied to an ongoing retaliatory campaign dubbed “Operation Hawkeye Strike.” “Today, at approximately 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, alongside partner forces, conducted large-scale strikes against multiple ISIS targets across Syria,” US Central Command said in a release posted on X.
Operation Hawkeye Strike, named for the two US soldiers killed from the “Hawkeye State” of Iowa, began on December 19, 2025 as a direct response to the fatal attack carried out by an ISIS gunman in Palmyra, Syria that killed two US soldiers and one civilian interpreter just six days prior.
Read more…
Source: CNN News
Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters
The latest news and insights delivered right to your inbox
Related:
- Syrians face toxic time-bomb of radiation, poison and pollution
February 21, 2017
Syria faces public health catastrophes that will linger for decades due to toxic rubble dust, oil fire pollution and the US-led coalition’s use of depleted uranium weapons on Islamic State targets, campaigners have warned. The US last week admitted it had fired armour-piercing DU ammunition in its war against IS, and had hit not only military ...
- The £1bn of weapons flowing from Europe to Middle East
July 27, 2016
AEastern European countries have approved the discreet sale of more than €1bn of weapons in the past four years to Middle Eastern countries that are known to ship arms to Syria, an investigation has found. Thousands of assault rifles such as AK-47s, mortar shells, rocket launchers, anti-tank weapons and heavy machine guns are being routed ...