The US has launched three more airstrikes in Somalia, according to press releases put out by US Africa Command, as the Trump administration continues its record-shattering bombing campaign in the country with virtually no US media coverage.
AFRICOM said one strike launched on February 14 targeted al-Shabaab about 90 miles to the south of the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia, putting the attack near the Somali-Kenya border.
A second strike was launched against al-Shabaab about 100 miles northeast of Mogadishu in the Middle Shabbelle region of Somalia on February 15, according to AFRICOM. The US military command offered no other details about the strikes as it stopped sharing information about casualties and assessments on potential civilian harm early last year.
The US-backed Somali Defense Ministry said that a February 15 airstrike in Middle Shabbelle, launched in coordination with “international partners,” killed 15 al-Shabaab militants and destroyed a vehicle used to plant explosives.
AFRICOM also announced an airstrike in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region on February 14 that it said targeted the ISIS affiliate in the area. The command said the attack was launched about 40 miles southeast of the Gulf of Aden port city of Bosaso, where the US is backing local Puntland forces against ISIS fighters based in caves, and offered no other information.
The three attacks bring the total number of US airstrikes launched in Somalia so far this year to at least 34. In 2025, AFRICOM conducted 124 airstrikes in Somalia, breaking the previous annual record of 63, set by President Trump in 2019.
