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U.S. Says Late-December Raids Killed or Captured Nearly 25 ISIS Operatives in Syria

CENTCOM cast the Dec. 20–29 raids as follow-on counterterrorism operations intended to blunt an ISIS resurgence.

A US airman attaches a GBU-31 munitions system to an F-15E Strike Eagle on December 19, 2025, as the US military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of ISIS targets in Syria.
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The remains of Staff Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, are moved during a dignified transfer at the Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
US says it killed or captured 25 ISIL operatives in Syria over nine days

Overview

  • U.S. Central Command reported at least seven ISIS members were killed and the rest captured during 11 partnered missions in Syria from Dec. 20–29.
  • Forces also destroyed four ISIS weapons caches during the follow-on operations, which targeted cells and infrastructure across central Syria.
  • The missions followed Operation Hawkeye Strike on Dec. 19, when U.S. and Jordanian forces hit more than 70 targets with over 100 precision munitions.
  • The campaign came after a Dec. 13 attack in central Syria that killed two U.S. soldiers and a U.S. interpreter, which U.S. officials attribute to ISIS and Syrian officials dispute.
  • CENTCOM linked the effort to homeland security concerns, noting at least 11 ISIS-inspired plots in the U.S. in 2025 and citing over 300 detentions and more than 20 enemy killed in Syria over the past year.