Overview
- Central Command said the large-scale strikes began around 12:30 p.m. ET and targeted multiple ISIS sites across Syria with allied support.
- An unnamed U.S. official told CNN the operation used more than 90 precision munitions against over 35 targets with more than two dozen aircraft.
- Regional outlets reported strikes in desert areas near Deir ez-Zor, including Ayta and Shiha, described as former ISIS enclaves and logistics sites.
- CENTCOM linked the campaign to the Dec. 13 Palmyra ambush that killed Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, and interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat.
- U.S. authorities released no casualty or collateral-damage figures and issued a warning that those who harm U.S. forces will be hunted globally.