US carries out strike against ISIS in Somalia
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With AFP
- Posted On 30-03-2025, 08:21AM
BOSASO, Somalia - The US military carried out an air strike Saturday against ISIS in the Puntland region of Somalia, killing several ISIS operatives, Africa Command said.
In a statement, the European-based command said the latest raid was conducted in coordination with the Somali government and hit “multiple ISIS-Somalia targets.”
The ISIS group’s Somalia operation is relatively small compared to the al-Qaeda-linked extremists al-Shabaab, but it has been gaining strength in Puntland.
“The airstrike occurred southeast of Bosasso, Puntland, in Northeastern Somalia,” the AFRICOM statement said.
“AFRICOM’s initial assessment is that multiple ISIS-Somalia operatives were killed and no civilians were harmed,” it said.
The latest strike follows a similar operation two days earlier that AFRICOM said complemented “a larger counter-terrorism initiative” underway in Somalia.
And it follows US strikes in February, which Puntland authorities said had killed “key figures” in ISIS, without giving further details.
With AFP
