In the hours after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell over the weekend, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces conducted “precision airstrikes targeting known ISIS camps and operatives” in central Syria on Sunday.
“The strikes against the ISIS leaders, operatives, and camps were conducted as part of the ongoing mission to disrupt, degrade, and defeat ISIS, in order to prevent the terrorist group from conducting external operations and to ensure that ISIS does not seek to take advantage of the current situation to reconstitute in central Syria,” CENTCOM said in a statement. “The operation struck over 75 targets using multiple U.S. Air Force assets, including B-52s, F-15s, and A-10s.”
CENTCOM said battle damage assessments were “underway” and noted that there were “no indications” of civilian casualties. CENTCOM also said it would “continue to…
