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military went back to work in Syria, carrying out a third round of retaliatory airstrikes that killed a senior al-Qaeda-linked terrorist tied to the December ambush that left three Americans dead.

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Central Command says the strike eliminated Bilal Hassin al-Jassim in northwest Syria.

He's a terrorist that officials describe as directly connected to the Islamic State gunman behind the 13th of December ambush in the ancient city of Palmyra.

You may remember that attack killed two U.S.

service members and an American civilian interpreter.

And the way the military is framing it, this strike is about continued accountability.

You can hear that message in how CENTCOM commander General Brad Cooper talks about it.

He told ABC News, quote, There's no safe place for those who conduct, plot, or inspire attacks on American citizens and our warfighters.

We will find you, end quote.

That December lone ISIS gunman ambush carried added weight inside the Pentagon.

It marked the first U.S.

combat deaths since President Trump returned to office.

The two service members killed were Iowa National Guard soldiers, Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres Tovar and Sergeant William Howard.

As we've been tracking here on the PDB, the response that followed wasn't limited to one strike.

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