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U.S. Africa Command conducted more than a dozen airstrikes in Somalia in 2022 in its counterterrorism operations against al-Shabab and aiding the Somali government, an increase of more than 30% ...
Donald Trump has overseen nearly as many air strikes in the first five months of his second term as Joe Biden launched in his ...
US Africa Command (Africom) had carried out 51 airstrikes in Somalia since the beginning of this year. The strikes form part of a joint effort to dismantle the operational capabilities of ISIS-Somalia ...
The U.S. military launched an airstrike on Wednesday in Somalia, which has become a very active front in the post-Global War on Terrorism conflict against al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.
The US military conducted an airstrike in Somalia Tuesday that killed one Al-Shabaab militant, according to US Africa Command, which oversees military operations on the continent.
A Dec. 17 U.S. airstrike near Jilib, Somalia is believed to have killed one militant with al-Shabab, a terrorist group that has pledged allegiance to al-Qaida, according to U.S. Africa Command, or ...
So far this year there have been 28 airstrikes in Somalia. a pace that would overtake the previous high of 47 in 2018. (MORE: US military says 60 militants killed in Somalia airstrike) ...
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said its forces carried out a "self-defense airstrike" in a remote area of Somalia, approximately 22 miles northeast of Kismayo, on Sunday, Jan. 21, killing three Al ...
AFRICOM conducted 52 airstrikes in 2020, 63 in 2019, 47 in 2018, and 35 in 2017, according to Karns. An airstrike destroyed an al-Shabab compound near Tiyeeglow, Somalia on Jan. 18, and two more ...
More than 100 al-Shabaab militants were killed Tuesday in a US airstrike in Somalia, the Pentagon announced, the latest in a series of strikes against the al Qaeda affiliated group and ISIS ...
The US military said Tuesday that an October 12 US “precision airstrike” near Harardhere, Somalia killed some 60 al Qaeda-affiliated fighters.
WASHINGTON — After denying allegations last month that United States airstrikes had killed civilians in Somalia, the American military said on Friday that an April 2018 attack left two people dead.