The U.S. military has carried out more than two dozen airstrikes on targets in Somalia in the first five months of this year, double the total number of strikes in 2024.

Ending the United States’ “forever wars” was a major slogan of Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign, during which he and ...

U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al Shabaab in Somalia, targeting the group 40 miles from Kismayo, as part of ongoing efforts with AFRICOM.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Two joint Somali-U.S. airstrikes killed 12 al Shabaab militants in central Somalia and destroyed a ship carrying weapons for the al Qaeda-linked group, the Somali government ...

Joint US-Somalia air strikes and combat killed dozens of Al-Shabaab jihadists attacking a key town and a military base and also destroyed a shipment of weapons, the Somali government said on Thursday.

The expansion of ISIS in Somalia comes as AFRICOM also contends with al-Shabab, which the U.S. also targets with airstrikes.With an estimated 7,000 to 12,000 fighters, al-Shabab remains the most ...

A small military aircraft serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at the airport in the capital, Mogadishu.

Two joint Somali-U.S. airstrikes killed 12 al Shabaab militants in central Somalia and destroyed a ship carrying weapons for the al Qaeda-linked group, the Somali government said on Thursday ...