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The United States Army held coordinated air attacks against ISIS agents in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during the second mandate of President Trump.
Trump said Saturday in a publication about Truth Social that he ordered “precision military air attacks on the ISIS attack planner and other terrorists who recruited and directed in Somalia.”
“These murderers, who found hidden in caves, threatened the United States and our allies,” the post continued. “The strikes destroyed the caves in which they live and killed many terrorists without, in any way, to harm civilians.”
On Saturday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth He said that the strikes of the US Africa Command were directed by Mr. Trump and coordinated with the Somalia government.
“Our initial evaluation is that multiple agents were killed in air attacks and that civilians were not damaged,” Hegseth said in a statement.
“This action degrades even more Isis to draw and carry out terrorist attacks that threaten US citizens, our innocent civilians and send a clear sign that the United States is always ready to find and eliminate terrorists who threaten the The United States and our allies, even as we carry out robust border protection and many other operations under the leadership of President Trump, “said the statement.
Trump did not identify the ISIS planner or said if that person was killed in the strike.
The Pentagon’s anti -terrorist strategy in Africa has been tensioned as two key partners, Chad and Niger, expelled the US forces last year and took over the key bases that the US army had used to train and carry out missions against terrorist groups in All Sahel, the vast aridian extension south of the Sahara desert.
American military officers have warned that ISIS cells have received a growing leadership direction of the group that moved to northern Somalia. That has included how to kidnap westernly rescue, how to learn better military tactics, how to hide from drones and how to build their own small quadcopters.
An American military air attack in Somalia last May attacked the ISIS militants and killed three, according to the United States Africa command.
It is estimated that the number of ISIS militants in the country is estimated in hundreds, mostly dispersed in the Cal Missaat mountains in the Puntland region, according to the International Crisis Group.
Saturday’s operation followed military military attacks on January 30 in northwestern Syria, killing a senior operation in Hurras Al-Din, an affiliate from Al-Qaeda, said the central command of the United States.
