US airstrike in Somalia kills 2 members of al-Shabaab, US says

The United States military carried out an airstrike over the weekend versus the al-Shabaab fear group in Somalia, which was assaulting Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde, United States Africa Command stated.

The strike took place about 218 kilometers north-northwest of Mogadishu and the preliminary evaluation is that it “eliminated 2 assaulting al-Shabaab terrorists,” United States Africa Command stated in a press release, including that no civilians were harmed in the strike.

Sunday’s strike is the most recent United States military operation in Somalia. Previously this month, a United States airstrike eliminated an al-Shabaab militant leader, and in late September, another strike eliminated 27 members of the terrorist group.

The United States has actually supplied continuous assistance to the Somali federal government considering that President Joe Biden authorized a Pentagon demand to redeploy United States soldiers to the location in an effort to counter the terrorist group in May. The approval to send out less than 500 soldiers was a turnaround of previous President Donald Trump’s choice to withdraw all United States soldiers from the nation in 2020.