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Operation Hawkeye Strike Explained: Why The US Hit ISIS Targets In Syria

Posted By: Ajay Rawat Posted On: Dec 20, 2025Share Article
Operation Hawkeye Strike Explained
US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AI enhanced)

Operation Hawkeye Strike Explained: Why The US Hit ISIS Targets In Syria

Operation Hawkeye Strike, US officials say, is meant to send a clear message that the United States will respond forcefully to attacks on its personnel and continue its campaign against ISIS in the region.

The United States launched Operation Hawkeye Strike against a dozen ISIS targets in Syria on Friday (local time) after two American soldiers were killed earlier this month in an attack blamed on the Islamic State (ISIS).

US President Donald Trump described the strikes as a strong act of retaliation against those responsible for the killings. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the action fulfilled his promise to respond firmly to the deaths of US personnel. Trump said the US was hitting ISIS hideouts and made it clear that attacks on Americans would not go unanswered.

"Because of ISIS's vicious killing of brave American Patriots in Syria, whose beautiful souls I welcomed home to American soil earlier this week in a very dignified ceremony, I am hereby announcing that the United States is inflicting very serious retaliation, just as I promised, on the murderous terrorists responsible," Trump said in the post.

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Trump said eliminating the terror group ISIS was necessary for Syria's future stability. He also warned extremist groups that any threat or attack against the United States would be met with a strong response.

"We are striking very strongly against ISIS strongholds in Syria, a place soaked in blood which has many problems, but one that has a bright future if ISIS can be eradicated. The Government of Syria, led by a man who is working very hard to bring Greatness back to Syria, and is fully in support. All terrorists who are evil enough to attack Americans are hereby warned — YOU WILL BE HIT HARDER THAN YOU HAVE EVER BEEN HIT BEFORE IF YOU, IN ANY WAY, ATTACK OR THREATEN THE USA," Trump added.


US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the operation was not a declaration of war, but a response to the killing of two American soldiers, and that the US will always take action to protect its people.

"This is not the beginning of a war — it is a declaration of vengeance. The United States of America, under President Trump's leadership, will never hesitate and never relent to defend our people. As we said directly following the savage attack, if you target Americans — anywhere in the world — you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the United States will hunt you, find you, and ruthlessly kill you. Today, we hunted and we killed our enemies. Lots of them. And we will continue," Hegseth said in a post on X.

Earlier today, U.S. forces commenced OPERATION HAWKEYE STRIKE in Syria to eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites in direct response to the attack on U.S. forces that occurred on December 13th in Palmyra, Syria. This is not the beginning of a war — it is a… — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) December 19, 2025

Media reports said the operation involved F-15 Eagle fighter jets, A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft, and AH-64 Apache helicopters, which were used to strike ISIS targets in different parts of Syria.

The strikes followed a December 13 attack in Syria in which two members of the Iowa National Guard and a US civilian interpreter were killed. The Trump administration blamed ISIS for the attack.

The soldiers who died were part of a larger US military presence in eastern Syria, where American forces are deployed as part of an international coalition working to prevent ISIS from regrouping and carrying out further attacks.

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