US launches 'vengeance' attack on ISIS targets after National Guard soldiers killed

The U.S. conducted military strikes against the Islamic State in Syria on Friday, following on a promise by President Donald Trump to avenge the deaths of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in a terrorist attack in that country last week.

American military forces employed more than 100 precision munitions to strike more than 70 targets of suspected ISIS sites at several locations across the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria as part of "Operation Hawkeye Storm," referring to Iowa, which is known as the Hawkeye State