The US unleashed a barrage of missiles at multiple known ISIS camps in Syria, defense officials announced Saturday.
“The strikes will disrupt the ability of ISIS to plan, organize, and conduct attacks against the United States, its allies and partners, and civilians throughout the region and beyond,” US Central Command announced on X.
Damage assessments are underway after the Friday strikes, which did not appear to leave any civilian casualties, Central Command added. It did not specify where exactly the airstrikes landed.
A view shows a damaged building in the aftermath of what Syrian state media reported was an Israeli strike in the Mezzah suburb, west of the Syrian capital Damascus on Oct. 9. REUTERSAbout 900 US troops have been fighting Islamic State militants alongside US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
US forces conducted two separate strikes in Syria in September, killing 37 terrorist operatives including members of ISIS and Al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din.
Anti-ISIS coalition forces have been targeted in Iraq and Syria as violence stemming from the Israel-Hamas war has mobilized militants across the Middle East, including Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to reports.
The coalition was established in 2014 to combat the Islamic State, which had taken over swaths of Iraq and Syria.
With Post wires
