The United States military struck ISIS terrorists on Friday after two U.S. service members were killed along with an interpreter, according to Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Fox News reported that over 70 targets were struck in the operation that included “ISIS infrastructure and weapons storage sites,” according to a top U.S. official.

‘This is not the beginning of a war — it is a declaration of vengeance.’

“Earlier today, U.S. forces commenced OPERATION HAWKEYE STRIKE in Syria to eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites in direct response to the attack on U.S. forces that occurred on December 13th in Palmyra, Syria,” Hegseth wrote on social media.

A lone Islamic State gunman ambushed the U.S. forces in Palmyra, which also left three other U.S. soldiers wounded. President Donald Trump vowed “very serious retaliation” at the time.

There are about 900 U.S. troops currently in Syria.

“This is not the beginning of a war — it is a declaration of vengeance,” Hegseth added. “The United States of America, under President Trump’s leadership, will never hesitate and never relent to defend our people.”

The attack had been the first to cause U.S. fatalities since the end of the Assad regime in 2014. Bashar al-Assad and his family fled to Russia after Turkish-backed Islamic militants successfully seized control of the government.

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“As we said directly following the savage attack, if you target Americans — anywhere in the world — you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the United States will hunt you, find you, and ruthlessly kill you,” Hegseth continued.

“Today, we hunted and we killed our enemies,” he added. “Lots of them. And we will continue.”

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Rapper Cardi B criticized “ghetto” America and praised Saudi Arabia for being cleaner and stricter in a streaming video from her overseas tour.

She complained that the U.S. vice president had criticized her, and she told her fans to convince her to move back to the U.S. She also said that Saudi Arabia was very wealthy and clean.

‘America makes me pay taxes. The vice president is talking s**t about me on Twitter. I don’t feel real appreciated in America.’

The rapper made the comments on an Instagram live video.

“I’m in Saudi Arabia and, so far, let me tell y’all about my experience. It’s very strict out here, yeah. They will put you under the jail,” she said in the video. “They ain’t playing around. You will go to prison. Mess around and you’ll find out. Absolutely. However, it’s very easy to follow the rules here.”

She said that the rules were very simple to follow and admonished her followers to stop drinking alcohol and to abstain from sex.

“They treat me like I’m their queen!” she added, saying that everyone was kind and polite, in contrast to Americans.

“I’m starting not to like America,” she continued. “America makes me pay taxes. The vice president is talking s**t about me on Twitter. I don’t feel real appreciated in America. Y’all need to convince me to come back.”

She was referring to a post from Vice President JD Vance where he posted support for Nikki Minaj in her longtime feud with Cardi B.

“It’s ghetto over there!” she said of America.

She went on to say that she had previously avoided touring in Saudi Arabia over their restrictions on gays and women. She said it only punished her fans to avoid the country.

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She also said the food and the shopping in Saudi Arabia were great.

The rapper recently celebrated having a child with Stefon Diggs, the wide receiver on the New England Patriots football team.

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