Earlier on Friday, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Operation Hawkeye Strike in Syria against the Islamic State* (IS/ISIS) terrorist group in response to the attack on US soldiers in Palmyra.
On December 13, the Pentagon said that two US servicepeople and one civilian interpreter were killed in an attack in Syria's Palmyra, with three others wounded. The Syrian Interior Ministry said that a member of the ISIS terrorist group attacked the military personnel in Palmyra.
*banned in Russia for terrorism
*banned in Russia for terrorism