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US forces conducted 35 airstrikes in Somalia during 2017. January 7; Self defense strikes were conducted against al-Shabaab militants in Gaduud, but there were no fatalities. May 5; A US Navy Seal was killed and three others wounded including a Somali-American interpreter during a raid in Barii. Four to eight al-Shabaab militants were killed in ...
[8] the operation is receiving air support from both American and Turkish forces, indicating a concerted effort by international allies to combat the threat posed by al-Shabab in Somalia. [ 8 ] The ongoing armed conflict between the Federal Government of Somalia and Al-Shabaab is a devastating impact on civilians.
Joe Biden owes the American people an explanation why US troops are fighting in Somalia, where political solutions are needed, Ali-Guban Mohamed says Solution to Somalia's problems political, not ...
The US military killed five al-Shabaab militants in a “collective self-defense airstrike” in Somalia, US Africa Command announced Thursday.
The Pentagon said Friday it is pulling most U.S. troops out of Somalia on President Donald Trump's orders, continuing a post-election push by Trump to shrink U.S. involvement in counterterrorism ...
The Battle of Mogadishu (Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit. 'Day of the Rangers'), also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent.It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregulars of south Mogadishu.
Patrick Robert/Sygma via Getty ImagesTwenty years ago—and less than one month after the catastrophic attack of 9/11—the United States mounted a decidedly unorthodox campaign in Afghanistan in ...
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.