{"id":47738,"date":"2026-01-17T23:45:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=47738"},"modified":"2026-01-17T23:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:45:38","slug":"cm2jdklp5m8oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/17\/cm2jdklp5m8oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"US strike in Syria kills man linked to attack on soldiers, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">US forces have carried out a strike which killed an al-Qaeda leader &#8220;who had direct ties&#8221; to an Islamic State (IS) group terrorist responsible for an ambush which killed three Americans in Syria, officials have said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement that Bilal Hasan al-Jasim was killed in the attack on Friday, which took place in northwest Syria. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The statement says he was &#8220;directly connected&#8221; with the IS group gunman who killed and injured American and Syrian personnel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The BBC has not independently verified the US claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;The death of a terrorist operative linked the death of three Americans demonstrates our resolve in pursuing terrorists who attack our forces,&#8221; said Centcom commander Adm Brad Cooper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;There is no safe place for those who conduct, plot, or inspire attacks on American citizens and our warfighters. We will find you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The US has been carrying out large-scale strikes on IS targets in Syria, dubbed Operation Hawkeye Strike, since the deaths of the three American on 13 December 2025 in Palmyra, central Syria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">So far, the US has hit more than 100 &#8220;infrastructure and weapons site targets&#8221;, using 200 precision munitions, according to Centcom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Earlier this month, Centcom said it had killed or captured nearly 25 IS group members in 11 missions between 20 December and 29 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Syria has been in a fragile state since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s regime in December 2024, which effectively ended a civil war that had ravaged the country for 13 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known by his nom-de-guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, has been serving as the country&#8217;s president since his rebel group ousted Assad and solidified control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">IS has been weakened in Syria, but still remains active, predominantly carrying out attacks against Kurdish-led forces in the north-east in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#strike #Syria #kills #man #linked #attack #soldiers #officials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US forces have carried out a strike which killed an al-Qaeda leader &#8220;who had direct ties&#8221; to an Islamic State&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47740,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47738\/revisions\/47740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}