US Africa Command has announced that its forces launched another airstrike in Somalia's Puntland region as the Trump administration continues its air war in the country at a record pace, with virtually no media coverage. As usual, the command offered no details on the...
US Africa Command said in a press release on Thursday that its forces launched yet another airstrike in Somalia's Puntland region on June 10 as the Trump administration continues to bomb the country at a record pace. AFRICOM said the strike was launched southeast of...
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a press release on Tuesday that its forces launched an airstrike in northeast Somalia's Puntland region on June 4 as the Trump administration continues to bomb the country at a record pace. As usual, AFRICOM offered no details about...
US Africa Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on June 2 that targeted the ISIS affiliate in the northeastern Puntland region, as the Trump administration continues bombing the country at a record pace. AFRICOM...
US Africa Command has announced two more US airstrikes in Somalia that it said targeted the ISIS affiliate in the northeastern Puntland region as the Trump administration continues to bomb the country at a record pace. AFRICOM reported a strike was launched on May 31...
Ben Saul, the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights and counterterrorism, recently visited Somalia and said that he believes the US-backed Mogadishu-based Somali government can't beat al-Shabaab and called for negotiations. "I do think there is a consensus now that...
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has reported yet another US airstrike in Somalia as the second Trump administration has significantly ramped up the air campaign in the country, a US war that goes on with virtually no media coverage. AFRICOM said in a press release on...
US Africa Command said in a press release on Monday that its forces conducted airstrikes in Somalia against al-Shabaab on May 21. AFRICOM said that the strikes were launched in support of the US-backed government and "occurred approximately 27 miles northwest" of the...
Adm. James Kilby, the US Navy's chief of naval operations, has claimed that the US recently launched the "largest airstrike in the history of the world" in an attack on Somalia. Kilby said US fighter jets fired 125,000 pounds of bombs "from a single aircraft carrier...
US Africa Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia in coordination with the US-backed government on May 17. AFRICOM said the strike targeted al-Shabaab and was launched about 125 miles north of Mogadishu but offered...
