The Pentagon said US and allied forces carried out a wave of air-strikes against ISIS targets across Syria on Jan. 10, although accounts were unclear as to which other countries were involved or what casualties resulted. The raids came as part of a campaign dubbed Operation Hawkeye Strike [12], launched in response to the deadly ISIS attack on US and Syrian forces in Palmyra last month. Jordan was named as participating in the sorties. (CentCom [15], BBC News [16]) Jordan also carried out a series of air-strikes supposedly targeting drug traffickers in the closing days of December—the latest in ongoing intermittent Jordanian strikes aimed at breaking up the Captagon smuggling newtorks [17] in Syria. (LWJ [18]) The past week also saw joint British and French strikes on supposed ISIS targets near Palmyra. (BBC News [19])
Turkey's Defense Ministry meanwhile said it stands ready to help Syria's interim government in its ongoing "counter-terrorism" operation [13] against Kurdish fighters in Aleppo, while adding that the Aleppo operation has so far been "carried out entirely by the Syrian army." (France24 [20])
