Two AH-64 Apache helicopters fly through a landing zone during aviation operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility on Nov. 4, 2025. An ISIS communication site, a critical logistics center and weapons facilities in Syria were destroyed in strikes between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2, CENTCOM said. (Doniel Kennedy/U.S. Army)

U.S. Central Command recently launched fresh strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, continuing its retaliatory campaign after the December killings of two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter in an ambush.

Between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2, CENTCOM forces carried out five strikes against various targets, destroying an ISIS communications site, a critical logistics center and weapons facilities, according to a Wednesday statement from the command.

“Striking these targets demonstrates our continued focus and resolve for preventing an ISIS resurgence in Syria,” CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in the statement. “Operating in coordination with coalition and partner forces to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS makes America, the region and the world safer.”

The U.S. maintains about 1,000 troops in Syria, primarily as part of its anti-ISIS mission.

The deadly Dec. 13 attack in Palmyra on U.S. forces who were patrolling with their Syrian partners was carried out by a gunman with links to ISIS, according to U.S. and Syrian officials.

The gunman was killed by partner forces, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the time.

Two members of the Iowa National Guard were killed in the attack along with an American interpreter. A number of members of the Syrian security forces were wounded.

President Donald Trump and Hegseth vowed swift vengeance against ISIS. In the months since, CENTCOM’s Operation Hawkeye Strike has killed or captured more than 50 ISIS members, the command said in its Wednesday statement.

Among those targeted was Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, an ISIS leader directly connected to the ambush who was killed in a Jan. 16 strike, according to CENTCOM.