In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against ISIS-Somalia on July 6, 2025.The airstrike occurred southeast of Bossaso, Puntland, ...

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.

U.S. airstrikes in Somalia are not a change in practice from the Biden administration, however, which carried out an attack as recently as Dec. 24 against a senior al-Shabab leader in the country.

As Trump hits the Horn of Africa, experts caution against drone strikes, saying the US needs to invest in peacebuilding.

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 ...

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 ...

Al Shabaab militants stormed an army base in Gumarre near Mokoqori town in Hiraan region following an attack started with a ...

President Trump ordered U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities without getting the go-ahead from Congress.

In 2014, legal experts said President Barack Obama had the authority to launch airstrikes in Syria without the approval of ...

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

Defense Ministry says over 50 al-Shabaab terrorists killed in last 5 days of operations, which also claimed 2 soldiers' lives ...

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 ...