The strikes come less than a month after an ISIS gunman ambushed U.S. troops in Syria, killing three U.S. servicemembers—two Iowa National Guard soldiers and a civilian interpreter. The assault marked the first deadly attack on U.S. troops in Syria since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

They’re the first American airstrikes reported in Syria this year and the second wave of Operation Hawkeye Strike.

ISIS militants opened fire on police during an overnight raid in Turkey’s western Yalova province on Monday, killing three people and injuring eight others, according to authorities.

On Christmas morning 2025, as families across the U.S. shared holiday meals, American warplanes struck two ISIS camps in Nigeria's Sokoto State. Authorized by President Trump and executed with Nigerian forces on December 26 local time,