Syria, Islamic State and military strikes
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The attack is the latest in a series of actions the Pentagon has taken after two U.S. service members and an interpreter were killed in Syria in December.
The US has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following last months ambush that killed two US soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country.
Over the weekend, while the United States was capturing the Venezuelan president, Britain and France struck targets linked to the Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
Despite its defeat in Syria in 2019, IS' sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq, where the extremists once declared their caliphate.