{"id":414081,"date":"2026-01-18T02:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T02:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/414081\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T02:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T02:18:12","slug":"us-retaliatory-strike-in-syria-kills-leader-tied-to-islamic-state-ambush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/414081\/","title":{"rendered":"US retaliatory strike in Syria kills leader tied to Islamic State ambush"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, who officials say had a direct tie to the Islamic State member responsible for last month\u2019s ambush<\/a> that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country.<\/p>\n

U.S. Central Command announced that the strike in northwest Syria on Friday killed Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, who they claim was \u201can experienced terrorist leader who plotted attacks and was directly connected\u201d to the Dec. 13 attack that killed Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe death of a terrorist operative linked to the deaths of three Americans demonstrates our resolve in pursuing terrorists who attack our forces,\u201d Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, said in a statement. \u201cThere is no safe place for those who conduct, plot, or inspire attacks on American citizens and our warfighters. We will find you.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the latest strike as part of a broader U.S. operation ordered by President Donald Trump following the ambush of the Americans to target \u201cISIS thugs\u201d trying to regroup after the ouster of autocratic leader Bashar Assad a year ago.<\/p>\n

The Republican president has stressed that Syria was fighting alongside American troops, as the U.S. military is expanding its cooperation<\/a> with security forces as part of a coalition fighting the militant group<\/a>. He added at the time that Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa<\/a> was \u201cextremely angry and disturbed by this attack.\u201d <\/p>\n

CENTCOM said that the operation, titled \u201cHawkeye Strike,\u201d has resulted in U.S. and partners like Jordan and Syria targeting more than 100 Islamic State infrastructure and weapons site targets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria resulted in the death…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[28430,50095,23,1927,28428,198511,121170,12,198512,793,141972,3,111,1207,28426,21,792,19,22,20,25,24,964,800,198513,965],"class_list":["post-414081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-ahmad-al-sharaa","tag-al-qaida","tag-america","tag-ap-top-news","tag-bashar-assad","tag-bilal-hasan-al-jasim","tag-brad-cooper","tag-donald-trump","tag-edgar-brian-torres-tovar","tag-general-news","tag-islamic-state-group","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-syria","tag-syria-government","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-government","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-war-and-unrest","tag-washington-news","tag-william-nathaniel-howard","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}