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Illustrative: Syrian government forces deploy near the front line in Dibsi Faraj, in the northern Syrian Raqa province, on January 17, 2026. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
January 18, 2026, 2:05 am
US says it killed ISIS-linked operative tied to deadly ambush on its troops in Syria
CENTCOM says Friday airstrike in northwest Syria killed Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, ‘an experienced terrorist leader who plotted attacks and was directly connected with the ISIS gunman’
By AFP
Screen grab obtained January 10, 2026, from video released by the US Central Command on their X account @CENTCOM shows images of "large-scale" strikes carried out by US and allied forces against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria earlier in the day in response to an attack last month that left three Americans dead, the US military says. (HANDOUT / US Central Command (CENTCOM) / AFP)
January 11, 2026, 6:11 am
US military says it carried out strikes across Syria targeting Islamic State
No further details provided by State Department as campaign against ISIS renews following killings of American soldiers
By Kanishka Singh
UK Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s take part in a joint strike operation with France on an underground facility in Syria that had likely been used by the Islamic State group to store weapons on January 3, 2026. (UK Defense Ministry via AFP)
January 4, 2026, 1:02 pm
British, French warplanes strike suspected ISIS weapons stockpile in Syria
Overnight strike on underground facility near Palmyra was meant to prevent any resurgence of Islamist group and posed no risk to civilians, say allies
By AFP
A US Army AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter prepares to support Operation Hawkeye Strike against Islamic State targets in Syria, in the US Central Command area of responsibility, December 19, 2025. (US AIR FORCE / AFP)
December 20, 2025, 5:12 pm
Jordan says it took part in US-led strikes on ISIS in Syria that killed at least 5
‘Intense’ air campaign lasting hours hit cells across multiple provinces; Amman says it aimed to block ‘extremist organizations’ from threatening region
By Agencies
File: a US AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies above US soldiers patrolling along the frontlines between areas held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed fighters near the village of Dardara in the countryside of Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, December 26, 2021. (Delil souleiman/AFP)
October 7, 2022, 3:49 am
US kills two Islamic State leaders in airstrike after rare Syria ground raid
American military says terror group’s No. 2 in Syria slain along with second senior member, hours after troops take out insurgent in Qamishli; Russian deconfliction line not used
By AP
Illustrative photo of a member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces removing an Islamic State flag in the town of Tabqa in Syria. (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)
July 12, 2022, 6:25 pm
US drone strike kills leader of Islamic State in Syria
Maher al-Agal targeted while riding motorcycle near Turkish border, another official seriously injured; Pentagon says no civilian casualties
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Islamic State's affiliate Sinai Province at weapons training, February 6, 2016 (illustrative image: Telegram.me/HaiAlaElJehad5 via MEMRI)
May 1, 2022, 1:47 pm
Islamic State accuses Israel of slaying jihadist leader in Sinai airstrike
Terror group says Abu Omar al-Ansari killed as Egyptian army launches new campaign in northern part of desert, with Israeli air support
By Emanuel Fabian
This photo, released on Monday, March 27, 2017 by the official Twitter account of Operation Inherent Resolve, shows the Tabqa Dam, in Raqqa, Syria. (Operation Inherent Resolve via AP)
January 21, 2022, 6:17 pm
Risking thousands, US targeted massive Syria dam it claimed was on ‘no strike’ list
Commander of US offensive insisted at time that dam wasn’t targeted, but Central Command now confirms military dropped 3 2,000 pound bombs on ‘towers attached’
By ToI Staff
In this July 26, 2017, file photo, Syrians look at a US armored vehicle convoy on a road that leads to Raqqa, northeast Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
December 12, 2021, 6:52 pm
Covert US army unit tasked with fighting IS repeatedly killed civilians – NYT
Current and former officials say deaths caused by Talon Anvil were collateral damage, but other sources say unit ‘circumvented rules imposed to protect noncombatants’
By ToI Staff
Smoke rises from buildings following an airstrike on the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on January 2, 2018. (AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA)
November 14, 2021, 5:36 am
US military hushed up Syria strike that killed dozens of civilians — NY Times
Investigation indicates army personnel actively suppressed probe of 2019 bombing that hit women and children in country’s east
By ToI Staff
Gen. Frank McKenzie, center front, the top US commander for the Middle East, walks as he visits a military outpost in Syria on January 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)
January 26, 2020, 9:34 am
Despite Trump’s reservations, US commander asserts commitment to Syria fight
General says operations against Islamic State are rising after cutback due to Iran tensions; US president ordered withdrawal from Syria but then agreed to keep scaled-back force
By Lolita C. Baldor
US President Donald Trump speaks October 27, 2019 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, announcing that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group is dead after being targeted by a US military raid in Syria. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
October 28, 2019, 2:14 am
The tip, the raid, the reveal: The takedown of al-Baghdadi
A dramatic 48 hours unfolded from the time US intelligence pinpointed location of wanted Islamic State leader, until Trump triumphantly revealed news of his death
By Deb Riechmann and AAMER MADHANI
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), trained by the US-led coalition, participate in the graduation ceremony of their first regiment in al-Kasrah, a suburb of the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor (also Deir El-Zour), on May 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)
November 18, 2018, 4:32 pm
US-led coalition denies reports it killed dozens of civilians in Syria
Reports from Syrian state media, a war monitor and IS-linked news agency say strikes killed 40 people, mostly women and children, in Deir Ezzor
By Agencies
This image from a video shows Iraqi soldiers in military vehicles in the Qatash area moving towards a gas plant, south of Kirkuk, Iraq, October 16, 2017. (APTN via AP)
June 23, 2018, 4:28 pm
Iraq says military air strike in Syria kills 45 Islamic State jihadists
Army targets a meeting of the terror group’s leaders in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A picture taken on November 28, 2017, from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing following an explosion close to the border on the Egyptian side of the divided city. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
April 14, 2018, 12:30 pm
Egypt army says 27 jihadists killed in Sinai operation
Cairo presses offensive against Islamic State in the peninsula, no word on army casualties
By AFP
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