US military video shows Syria attack targeting Islamic State militants
On January 10, 2026, U.S. Central Command reported that it conducted an airstrike targeting the Islamic State extremist group in Syria.
U.S. Central Command, Ceremony Video
U.S. Central Command announced in a statement Saturday, Jan. 17, that U.S. forces on Jan. 16 killed an al-Qaida-affiliated leader involved in an Islamic State attack on Americans in Syria last month.
Central Command said Bilal Hassan al-Jassim had “direct links” to the ISIS gunman who killed and wounded an American and Syrian soldier in Palmyra, Syria, on December 13.
“The deaths of terrorist operatives associated with the deaths of three Americans demonstrate our nation’s determination to pursue terrorists who attack our military,” Gen. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, said in a statement.
Since the Dec. 13 attack, the U.S. military has carried out strikes in Syria, with the U.S. military saying it has struck more than 100 ISIS targets.
“We will never forget and we will never forgive,” Secretary of the Army Pete Hegseth said in an X post that included CentCom’s statement.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey and Deepa Seetharaman; Editing by Franklin Paul, Sergio Nonn and Rod Nickel)
