The U.S. Central Command announced Wednesday that it has carried out five attacks on “multiple” Islamic State targets in recent days as part of a joint military effort to “ensure the lasting defeat of the terrorist network.”
CENTCOM said that from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, its forces “located and destroyed an ISIS communications site, a critical logistics hub and weapons storage facilities with 50 precision munitions delivered by fixed-wing, rotary-wing and unmanned aerial vehicles.”
“Attacking these targets demonstrates our continued focus and determination in preventing a resurgence of ISIS in Syria,” Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, said in a statement.
“Operating in coordination with coalition and partner forces to ensure the lasting defeat of ISIS makes America, the region, and the world safer.”
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U.S. pilots prepare to load GBU-31 munition systems onto F-15E Strike Eagles within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Dec. 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike. (Photo/Reuters US Air Force)
CENTCOM said it launched the Operation Hawkeye Strike mission in response to a Dec. 13, 2025, ISIS ambush attack on U.S. and Syrian forces in Palmyra, Syria. The attack killed two American soldiers and an American interpreter.
“After nearly two months of targeted operations, more than 50 ISIS terrorists have been killed or captured. CENTCOM forces killed Bilal Hasan al-Jasim during a deliberate attack in northwestern Syria on January 16. The terrorist leader was directly linked to the ISIS gunman responsible for the December 13 attack,” the military agency said.
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A U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Dec. 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike. (Photo/U.S. Air Force handout via Reuters)
Cooper said in December at the launch of Operation Hawkeye Strike that the effort is “critical to preventing ISIS from inspiring terrorist plots and attacks against the American homeland.”
“We will continue to relentlessly pursue terrorists who seek to harm Americans and our partners across the region,” he added.
U.S. troops patrol Syria’s northeastern city of Qamishli, Hasakeh province, January 9, 2025. (Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)
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In December, before Operation Hawkeye Strike, CENTCOM said U.S. and partner forces in Syria “have conducted more than 80 operations over the past six months to eliminate terrorists who pose a direct threat to the United States and regional security.”
