The pace puts 2026 on track to rival or exceed last year's operations against Islamic militant groups.

The United States has conducted nearly 50 airstrikes against Al-Shabaab fighters between January and March 2026, the US ...

The U.S. military has launched nearly 50 airstrikes in Somalia so far this year, a record-setting pace for U.S. Africa ...

Working with the Somali National Army, U.S. Africa Command’s initial assessment is that the U.S. airstrike killed 5 al-Shabaab terrorists and that no civilians were injured or killed. Secretary of ...

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Andres, infantryman assigned to Task Force Guardian, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Oregon National Guard, provides security for a ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — U.S.-backed airstrikes and recently expanded ground operations have shifted momentum in Somalia’s long-running war against al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group, the government ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Heavy airstrikes were witnessed in central Somalia over the weekend, with the US Africa Command and the Somali National Army (SNA) working closely to eliminate Al-Shabaab ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - An airstrike activated in Somalia targeted senior Al-Shabaab leaders on Friday, multiple sources intimated, just as the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) prepared ...