The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Thursday it continues to strike ISIS targets in Syria.
In a press release, CENTCOM said its forces had conducted 10 strikes on more than 30 ISIS targets in Syria between Feb. 3 and Feb. 12. The purpose, CENTCOM said, was to “sustain relentless military pressure on remnants from the terrorist network.”
U.S. forces struck infrastructure and weapons storage targets with munitions delivered by fixed-wing, rotary wing and unmanned aircraft. The command center said U.S. forces had previously conducted five strikes against an ISIS communications site, a critical logistics node, and weapons storage facilities between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2.
“Operation Hawkeye Strike was launched in response to a Dec. 13 attack on U.S. and Syrian forces in Palmyra. The ISIS ambush resulted in the death of two U.S. service members and an American interpreter,” CENTCOM said. “More than 50 ISIS terrorists have been killed or captured and over 100 ISIS infrastructure targets have been struck with hundreds of precision munitions during two months of targeted operations.”
CENTCOM, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, has struck a number of ISIS targets in the last year.
In January, U.S. forces killed one of the Al-Qaeda leaders, Bilal Hasan al-Jasim who was linked to an ambush of American citizens.
On Dec. 19, the U.S. launched airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria in retaliation for the ambush, hitting more than 70 targets.
“The death of a terrorist operative linked to the deaths of three Americans demonstrates our resolve in pursuing terrorists who attack our forces,” Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a statement at the time. “There is no safe place for those who conduct, plot, or inspire attacks on American citizens and our warfighters. We will find you.”