According to the findings of SOHR, a non-governmental organization based in Great Britain and based on informants in Syria, the victims included the head of the IS cell responsible for drone operations in the region. All fighters were killed in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria.
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US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported overnight that US forces had struck over 70 IS-related targets and used over 100 precision-guided missiles.
The US authorities emphasized that the launched operation is a response to the attack on US and allied forces in Syria on December 13; According to Washington, IS was responsible for the attack. Three Americans were killed, including two soldiers and a translator, and another three soldiers were wounded.
US President Donald Trump then announced retaliation against IS and stated that the terrorist attack was directed against the US and the current Syrian authorities, who took control of the country a year ago after the overthrow of authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad.
