U.S. Central Command said Wednesday that the military has targeted several Islamic State group camps in Syria this week, killing perhaps 35 militants.
Monday night’s airstrikes in central Syria’s desert aimed at several sites and top officials of the group. The strikes followed several combined operations with Iraqi troops aimed at IS militants in Iraq.
According to CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D’Agata, Wednesday’s announcement signaled the continuation of a notable increase in attacks and raids directed against ISIS suspects in Syria and Iraq. Last week’s separate joint raid in Iraq left two U.S. service men injured.
Although the Islamic State group is still a threat in the area, Pentagon officials have said that it is not as strong as it was ten years ago when the militants swept over Iraq and Syria, seizing command of vast areas of the two nations.
The most recent strikes in Syria will impede the group’s capacity for planning, organizing, and attacking civilian targets as well as U.S. and allied forces in the area, according U.S. Central Command.
“CENTCOM, alongside allies and partners in the region, will continue to aggressively degrade ISIS operational capabilities to ensure its enduring defeat,” the military entity stated on X.
CENTCOM claimed there were no evidence of civilian losses during the strikes.
