The United States Armed Forces tonight has launched “Operation Hawkeye Strike” in Northern and Central Syria, with strikes so far being carried out on dozens of military sites directly-linked or affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS), in response to last weekend’s ISIS-affiliated attack against a joint-patrol by U.S. and Syrian Forces near Palmyra, which resulted in the death of three Americans, including two soldiers with the Iowa National Guard.

Tonight’s strikes on ISIS sites and leaders in Northern and Central Syria are being carried out by F-15E Strike Eagles and A-10C Thunderbolt IIs with the U.S. Air Force, alongside U.S. Army AH-64E “Apache” Attack Helicopters and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), according to Al-Arabiya.

The Jordanian and Syrian Armed Forces are assisting and participating in tonight’s strike operation against ISIS-affiliates sites in Northern and Central Syria.

According to the U.S. Justice Department, the same redaction method for victims was also applied to any “politically exposed individuals and government officials” that were mentioned or included in the Epstein Files, as reported by Fox News.

Photo of a shirt with the emblem of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that was mysteriously included in today’s release of the Epstein Files.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna, the authors and sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, have now both stated that today’s document release by Attorney General Pam Bondi and her Justice Department “grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law” of the Act, which was approved by Congress and signed by President Trump.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump confirms tonight’s extensive strike operation against ISIS-affiliated sites in Syria, in relation for last weekend’s ambush near Palmyra which resulted in the death of three Americans, with Trump ending the post by stating, “All terrorists who are evil enough to attack Americans are hereby warned — YOU WILL BE HIT HARDER THAN YOU HAVE EVER BEEN HIT BEFORE IF YOU, IN ANY WAY, ATTACK OR THREATEN THE U.S.A.”

Over 70 targets across Syria have been struck in tonight’s large-scale strike operation against ISIS, according to a U.S. official who spoke to Fox News.

A U.S. Servicemember writes the names of the two soldiers with the Iowa National Guard who were killed in last week’s ISIS-affiliated attack in Central Syria; Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, along with a brief message, on a munition used in tonight’s large-scale strike operation against ISIS in Syria.

U.S. Air Force F-15E “Strike Eagle” Multirole Strike Fighters and A-10C Thunderbolt II “Warthog” Close-Air Support Attack Aircraft, in addition to AH-64E “Apache” Attack Helicopters with the U.S. Army, launch from bases across the Middle East for tonight’s large-scale retaliatory strike operation against ISIS-affiliated sites in Syria.

A U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III at a base in the Middle East on Friday, December 19, in support of tonight’s retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria, dubbed Operation Hawkeye Strike.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published footage from tonight’s large-scale retaliatory strike operation against ISIS strongholds and affiliated sites in Syria, dubbed Operation Hawkeye Strike, with American and Jordanian Forces utilizing over 100 precision-munitions - launched from aircraft and ground-based systems - to destroy over 70 ISIS targets across Northern and Central Syria.

According to recent reports by the U.S. Intelligence Community, Russian President Vladimir Putin still intends to capture all of Ukraine and reclaim parts of Eastern Europe that previously were part of the Soviet Union - such as the Baltics and Poland - despite ongoing negotiations and claims, by both U.S. and Russian officials, that Russia and Putin want to end the war in Ukraine. This assessment, having been accepted and corroborated over the last few years by both intelligence agencies in Europe and the United States, has remained roughly the same since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with it expected that Russia will eventually provoke a direct conflict with NATO, according to Reuters.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has stated that a Justice Department in the future could convict Attorney General Pam Bondi and others for their handling of the Epstein Files, which he states has been in serious violation of the rule of law imposed by the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The U.S. has attempted to interdict and seize another sanctioned vessel in the Southern Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela, officials have told Reuters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to brief President Donald J. Trump on options for new strikes against Iran during a planned meeting between the two leaders later this month at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, citing Iran’s efforts to rebuild facilities where they produce long-range ballistic missiles and efforts to repair its crippled air-defense network, including concerns that Iran is working to reconstitute its underground nuclear-enrichment sites bombed in June, a person with direct knowledge of the plans and four former U.S. officials have told NBC News.