The strikes come less than a month after an ISIS gunman ambushed U.S. troops in Syria, killing three U.S. servicemembers—two Iowa National Guard soldiers and a civilian interpreter. The assault marked the first deadly attack on U.S. troops in Syria since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

WASHINGTON, ‌Jan ​10 (Reuters) - U.S. ‌Secretary of ​State ‍Marco Rubio ​spoke ​over the ⁠phone with Israeli Prime Minister ‌Benjamin Netanyahu on ​Saturday, Axios ‌reporter ‍Barak Ravid ⁠said on X, adding they ​discussed protests in Iran along with Gaza and Syria.

The Syrian Energy Ministry says it holds the YPG terror group fully responsible for "a deliberate interruption of water."