CENTCOM says five coordinated attacks over one week destroyed key Islamic State sites as part of a broader operation launched after deadly attacks on U.S. forces.
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U.S. forces have carried out five separate strikes against suspected Islamic State targets in Syria over the past week, continuing a sustained military campaign aimed at preventing a resurgence of the terrorist group, according to U.S. Central Command.
In a statement released Wednesday, CENTCOM reported that the strikes were conducted between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2 and targeted critical elements of ISIS’s operational network. The attacks destroyed a communications facility, a key logistics node, and multiple weapons storage sites, with U.S. forces employing approximately 50 precision-guided munitions during the operations.
The latest actions fall under Operation Hawkeye Strike, a joint U.S.-led effort that was launched in December following a Dec. 13, 2025, ISIS attack on U.S. and allied Syrian forces that resulted in the deaths of two American service members. Since the operation began, CENTCOM said more than 50 ISIS fighters have been killed or captured.
“Striking these targets demonstrates our continued focus and resolve for preventing an ISIS resurgence in Syria,” CENTCOM Commander Gen. Brad Cooper said in a statement. He added that U.S. forces are operating in close coordination with coalition partners to ensure the group’s long-term defeat, calling the effort essential to regional and global security.
The recent strikes also follow a U.S. air operation last month in northwest Syria that killed Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, a senior militant leader affiliated with al-Qaeda. U.S. officials said al-Jasim had direct ties to an ISIS gunman involved in the December ambush that triggered the current phase of operations.
CENTCOM has emphasized that the campaign is designed not only to respond to past attacks but to degrade ISIS’s ability to regroup, communicate, and move resources within Syria, where remnants of the group continue to operate despite years of sustained counterterrorism pressure.
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