2 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by U.S. Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia’s government.

2 days ago · President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he ordered military strikes that killed several ISIS militants in Somalia. “These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United ...

2 days ago · In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted airstrikes against ISIS-Somalia on Feb. 1, 2025. The command’s initial assessment is that multiple ISIS-Somalia operatives were killed in the airstrikes and no civilians were harmed. U.S. Africa Command takes great measures to prevent civilian harm.

1 day ago · The government of Somalia’s semiautonomous Puntland region says military strikes by the United States in the Golis Mountains killed “key figures” of the ISIL (ISIS) group.

2 days ago · A U.S. military airstrike in Somalia last May targeted ISIS militants and killed three, according to U.S. Africa Command. The number of ISIS militants in the country is estimated to be in the ...

2 days ago · Trump says airstrikes on ISIS in Somalia killed terrorists without 'harming civilians' February 1, 2025 2:33 PM ET. ... He said the strike, conducted by the US-Africa command, sends "a clear ...

2 days ago · American officials said that he was operating in Somalia but that his influence extended across Africa, into Europe and even to the ISIS branch in Afghanistan that carried out the August 2021 ...

2 days ago · A separate statement from U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes targeted an area in Somalia's Golis mountains, and "further degrades ISIS's ability to plot and conduct terrorist ...

2 days ago · The official X, formerly Twitter, account of Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's office, posted: "President Hassan was informed of the U.S. strike targeting senior ISIS leadership in ...

2 days ago · A strike, which also targeted Islamic State militants, was carried out by the U.S. in co-ordination with Somalia last year. It killed three members of the group, the U.S. military said.