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The US had been courting the Somali government for some time on account of Somalia's strategic position at the mouth of the Bab el Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Somalia's initial friendship with the Soviet Union and later military support by the United States enabled it to build the largest army on the continent. [1] [2]
A US drone strike targeted three al-Shabaab vehicles in southern Somalia. [56] April 1; US airstrikes targeted al-Shabaab militants. [56] April 2; Two US strikes killed six in southern Somalia. [56] April 6; A US drone strike in Jilib left eight people dead. [56] April 11; A US drone struck an al-Shabaab camp in southern Somalia killing 12 ...
The United States ambassador to Somalia is the most senior diplomatic representative of the United States federal government assigned to Somalia. From 2015 to 2018 the U.S. maintained a non-resident diplomatic mission in Nairobi for Somalia and its constituent autonomous regions . [ 1 ]
The U.S. military targeted the global leader of ISIS in an airstrike in Somalia in May but cannot confirm if Abdulqadir Mumin is dead, three U.S. officials say.
In early January 2011, it was reported that the US, probably the CIA, hit its first target in Somalia with a drone strike. Recently, reporting from OSGEOINT suggests that this drone probably originated from Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti where engineers at the base constructed a dedicated drone support apron during the 2010-2011 period.
In the spring of 1993, the U.N. had begun arranging a peace deal to reinstate a stable, unified government in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu, per The New York Times.. During this time, in ...
The United States used manned fighter jets to conduct an airstrike against Islamic State targets in Somalia on Saturday, three U.S. officials told ABC News on Saturday. President Donald Trump and ...
Pirates were rampant along the coast of Somalia and present a hazard to all shipping there. Anti-piracy operations were done primarily by the Combined Task Force 150 , the Combined Task Force 151 , Operation Atalanta , Operation Copper and in parallel to other independent anti-piracy operations conducted off the coast of Somalia by other ...