US and allied forces carried out “large-scale” strikes against the Islamic State militant group in Syria on Jan 10, the US military said, in the latest response to an attack in December that left three Americans dead.

Washington said a lone gunman from the militant group carried out the Dec 13 attack in Palmyra - home to UNESCO-listed ancient ruins and once controlled by militant fighters - that killed two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter.

“The strikes today targeted ISIS throughout Syria” and were part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, which was launched “in direct response to the deadly ISIS attack on US and Syrian forces in Palmyra,” US Central Command said in a statement on X, using an acronym for the group, which is known as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

The US and Jordan carried out a previous round of strikes as part of the same operation in December, hitting dozens of ISIS targets.

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