National Security & Counterterrorism

CENTCOM said U.S. forces carried out 10 strikes in Syria between Feb. 3 and Feb. 12 under Operation Hawkeye Strike, hitting more than 30 ISIS weapons‑storage and infrastructure targets in what officials tied to retaliation for a Dec. 13 ambush that killed three Americans and an interpreter. Separately, U.S. forces completed a 23‑day operation that moved more than 5,700 adult male ISIS detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraqi custody at Baghdad’s request — a transfer U.S. and Iraqi officials said was vital to regional security even as human‑rights groups warned of risks of unfair trials in Iraq and Iraqi authorities rejected those allegations.