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Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla

Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla

Commander, U.S. Central Command (2022-2025)

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"ISIS in Syria retains the ability to regenerate their fighting force and seize territorial control within two years, exploiting instability from the post-Assad environment." - Congressional testimony, June 2025

Stories

ISIS strikes back after Assad's fall

Force in Play

Oversaw counter-ISIS operations until August 2025

A lone ISIS gunman killed two Iowa National Guardsmen and a civilian interpreter in Palmyra, Syria, on December 13, 2025—the first American combat deaths since Bashar al-Assad fled the country a year earlier. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded with Operation Hawkeye Strike.

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