MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – America killed 14 ISIS-Somalia militants, together with a senior commander, in an airstrike approved by President Donald Trump on February 1, AFRICOM mentioned on Tuesday.
The strike, which focused a collection of ISIS cave complexes about 50 miles southeast of Bosaso within the semi-autonomous area of Puntland, additionally resulted within the killing of Ahmed Maelenine, a key ISIS recruiter and financier.
“The command’s present evaluation is that roughly 14 ISIS-Somalia operatives have been killed and no civilians have been harmed. Amongst these killed was Ahmed Maelenine, a key ISIS recruiter, financier, and exterior operations chief accountable for the deployment of jihadists into the US and throughout Europe,” AFRICOM mentioned in a press release.
“Degrading ISIS and different terrorist organizations’ capacity to plot and conduct assaults that threaten the U.S. homeland, our companions, and civilians stays central to U.S. Africa Command’s mission,” AFRICOM added.
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