CENTCOM: 80 Joint Operations Conducted Against ISIS in Syria Since July
ARK News.. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that U.S. and Syrian forces have carried out approximately 80 operations since last July against individuals described as “terrorists,” including remnants of the ISIS terrorist organization that posed a threat to U.S. interests.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, CENTCOM said that U.S. forces, in coordination with the Syrian Transitional Government’s forces, have conducted 80 operations targeting ISIS since July. The command noted that the group had inspired 11 attack plots or attempted attacks against targets inside the United States over the past year. CENTCOM added that the operations resulted in the arrest of 119 militants and the killing of 14 others, stressing that the goal was to prevent ISIS from reconstituting its capabilities and inciting terrorist attacks worldwide.
CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper said on Tuesday: “We are committed to relentlessly pursuing terrorists to prevent any threat to Americans and to our interests abroad. We will hunt terrorists wherever they hide.”
On 30 November, CENTCOM announced that coalition forces, in cooperation with the Syrian Ministry of Interior, carried out a joint operation between 24 and 27 November, resulting in the destruction of more than 15 ISIS weapons-storage sites in southern Syria.
CENTCOM stated that on 19 September, U.S. forces killed a senior ISIS member in Syria identified as Omar Abdul Qadir, who was planning attacks against the United States.
The statement also noted that U.S. forces conducted an operation in July in the city of al-Bab, in Aleppo province, killing senior ISIS leader Diyaa Musleh al-Hardani along with his two adult sons, Abdullah al-Hardani and Abdulrahman al-Hardani, who posed a threat to U.S. forces, coalition partners, and the Syrian government.
In November, Syria officially announced its joining of the international coalition to combat ISIS, during an official visit by Syrian Transitional President Ahmad al-Sharaa to the White House, where he met with U.S. President Donald Trump
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