US and allied forces carried out “large-scale” strikes against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria on Saturday, the US military said, in the latest response to an attack last month that left three Americans dead. Washington said a lone gunman from the militant group carried out the 13 December attack in Palmyra, which killed two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter. The US and Jordan carried out a previous round of strikes as part of the same operation last month, hitting dozens of Islamic State group targets. View image in fullscreen An image taken from video released by the US Central Command after US strikes against Islamic State in Syria. Photograph: US Central Command/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Palmyra attack was the first such incident since the overthrow of Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

Source: The Guardian January 10, 2026 23:39 UTC