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The American Central Command, Centcom, introduced that it has hit over 70 targets in assaults in opposition to ISIS in Syria. «American forces struck greater than 70 targets in a number of places in central Syria with fighter planes, assault helicopters and artillery. The Jordanian Armed Forces additionally supplied assist with fighter jets,” reads a publish on X by Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of Centcom. “We will continue to relentlessly hunt terrorists who seek to harm Americans and our partners in the region,” it underlines.

Trump: «Very severe retaliation»

The US navy launched Operation Hawkeye, hanging greater than 70 Islamic State targets in Syria, in what President Donald Trump referred to as “very serious retaliation” for the assault that happened per week earlier in Palmyra, by which three American residents have been killed. According to Washington, the motion was carried out by a single ISIS militant.

The US additionally notified Israel prematurely of the raids, a Trump administration official advised Axios. The US Central Command (Centcom) introduced that the operation concerned a number of places in central Syria and used fighters, assault helicopters and artillery, with over 100 precision munitions in opposition to the jihadist group’s infrastructure and weapons depots. In a publish on Truth Social, Trump mentioned the United States is “dealing very serious retaliation, as promised, to murderous terrorists,” warning that those that assault Americans “will be hit harder than ever.”

The assault on Palmyra

Damascus, with out instantly commenting on the raids, reiterated by the Foreign Ministry its dedication to combating the Islamic State and stopping it from having “safe havens” on Syrian territory. The victims of the Palmyra assault have been two Iowa National Guard sergeants, William Howard and Edgar Torres Tovar, and a civilian interpreter from Michigan, Ayad Mansoor Sakat. The raid marks the primary episode of this sort after the autumn of Bashar al-Assad and is a part of a context by which, whereas lowering its navy presence in Syria, Washington continues to conduct operations in opposition to ISIS, which continues to be lively particularly within the desert areas of the nation.