In this handout photo in an undisclosed location, U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt IIs prepare to taxi in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike at a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility on Dec. 19, 2025. (U.S. Air Force / Getty Images)
By Anthony Iafrate January 10, 2026 at 2:52pm
The Department of War carried out airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria, U.S. Central Command announced Saturday afternoon.
CENTCOM, a unified combatant command of the Department of War, wrote in a statement posted to X that it conducted “large-scale strikes against multiple ISIS targets across Syria” at about 12:30 p.m. EST “alongside partner forces.”
“The strikes today targeted ISIS throughout Syria as part of our ongoing commitment to root out Islamic terrorism against our warfighters, prevent future attacks, and protect American and partner forces in the region. U.S. and coalition forces remain resolute in pursuing terrorists who seek to harm the United States,” CENTCOM wrote.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 10, 2026
“Our message remains strong: if you harm our warfighters, we will find you and kill you anywhere in the world, no matter how hard you try to evade justice,” CENTCOM added.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth replied to CENTCOM’s statement on X, simply writing, “We will never forget, and never relent.”
We will never forget, and never relent. https://t.co/bX4FVwSany
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) January 10, 2026
The Saturday operation marked the second time in weeks the U.S. launched strikes against the radical Islamic terror group in Syria.
At President Donald Trump’s direction, CENTCOM launched strikes Dec. 19 against over 70 ISIS targets across central Syria, marking the beginning of Operation Hawkeye Strike. The operation was a direct response to a Dec. 13 ISIS attack in Syria which killed two U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian.
The terror group killed two Iowa National Guardsmen — Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29 — and a civilian interpreter in the Middle Eastern country.
“This was an ISIS attack against the U.S., and Syria, in a very dangerous part of Syria, that is not fully controlled by them,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa was “extremely angry and disturbed by this attack.”
“There will be very serious retaliation,” the president added.
The Department of War referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to CENTCOM’s X post when contacted for comment.
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