By Alexander Pease
The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) announced that American forces carried out a series of strikes against ISIS assets in Syria Saturday.
USCENTCOM shared with the public that it had conducted 10 strikes against more than 30 ISIS targets between Feb. 3 – 12 to “sustain relentless military pressure on remnants from the terrorist network,” according to an official U.S. military press release.
Among the targets were infrastructure and weapons storage areas that were hit by unmanned aircrafts. (RELATED: ISIS Reportedly Finds New Lease On Life In Ruins Of Assad Regime)
The most recent strikes this month are double the amount of the last round. Those strikes took place between Jan. 27 – Feb. 2, targeting an ISIS communication site, a “critical logistics node,” as well as additional weapons storage facilities, according to the press release.
These latest strikes are an extension of Operation Hawkeye.
Hawkeye is an ongoing operation launched back in December by the U.S. military in response to an ISIS ambush that took place on both U.S. and Syrian forces on Dec. 13. That event took the lives of two American servicemembers as well as an interpreter, the press release said. (RELATED: ‘We Will Find You’: US Forces Eliminate Terrorist Leader Linked To Deaths Of American National Guardsmen)
Since Operation Hawkeye kicked off, more than 50 ISIS soldiers have been either killed or captured. Moreover, the operation has led to the destruction of over 100 pieces of ISIS infrastructure in the last two months.
On the other hand, the Syrian Defense Ministry announced that government armed forces assumed control over a once American-run base known as Al-Tanf, which the U.S. military used for years to counter terrorism in the region, NBC News reported.
