AFRICOM Airstrikes Target ISIS-Somalia in Golis Mountains, Somalia Neutralizes Over 33 Al-Shabaab Militants
The strikes form part of ongoing efforts to degrade the group’s ability to threaten U.S. interests, forces, and citizens abroad.
SOMALIA — On April 20, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia and Somali Armed Forces, conducted airstrikes targeting ISIS-Somalia militants in the vicinity of the Golis Mountains, approximately 90 kilometers southeast of Bossaso in Puntland.
The strikes form part of ongoing efforts to degrade the group’s ability to threaten U.S. interests, forces, and citizens abroad.
One day later, on April 21, Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) announced the success of a planned counter-terrorism operation in the Guulane district of Central Shabeella region.
NISA forces, supported by international partners, neutralized more than 33 Al-Shabaab militants, destroyed an associated tactical vehicle, and disrupted planning centers based on intelligence confirming approximately 90 militants had gathered in the area.
U.S. AFRICOM Airstrikes Targeting ISIS-Somalia
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