Overview
- The U.S. military confirmed that forces working with partners carried out coordinated strikes against multiple ISIS sites across Syria at about 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
- The action was framed as retaliation for a mid-December incident near Palmyra in which two Iowa National Guard soldiers and an American interpreter were killed, according to earlier reports.
- Fox News first reported that the United States was striking ISIS positions before the Pentagon’s Central Command released an official statement.
- TASS reported that CENTCOM described the action as part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, which it said began on December 19 in response to the earlier attack.
- Al Arabiya reported that U.S. aircraft hit 35 targets using roughly 90 precision munitions with more than 20 fighter jets involved and said the Jordanian Air Force took part.