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Jan- 2018 -3 January
US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 2 and destroys car bomb, Africom says
A United States airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two people and destroyed a car bomb near the capital Mogadishu on January 2, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said in a statement. “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants in the early morning hours of Jan. 2, 2018, approximately 50 kilometers west of the capital, killing two terrorists and destroying one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, preventing it from being used against the people in Mogadishu,” Africom said in a Wednesday statement. The command said no civilians were killed in the strike. The strike is the latest in an increasing number of U.S. airstrikes against al-Shabaab and Abnaa ul-Calipha, Islamic State’s affiliate in Somalia. On December 27, an airstrike against al-Shabaab west of Mogadishu destroyed a car bomb and killed four people. Three days earlier, an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab in southern Somalia killed 13 people. On December 15, an airstrike 30 miles northwest of Kismayo killed eight people. Three days earlier, on December 12, a U.S. airstrike targeted an al-Shabaab car bomb near Mubarak, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Mogadishu. On November 27, Africom targeted Abnaa ul-Calipha in northeastern Somalia. A week earlier, the command said an airstrike killed more …
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Dec- 2017 -28 December
US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills four and destroys a car bomb, Africom says
A US airstrike in Somalia targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab killed four people and destroyed a car bomb, the US military’s Africa Command said
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27 December
US air strike targeting Al Shabaab kills 13 in Somalia
The United States carried out an air strike on Christmas Eve against the Shabaab Islamist group that left 13 dead.
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18 December
US airstrike targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 8
A U.S. airstrike targeting Al Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab conducted on Friday, December 15, killed eight people, the U.S. military's Africa Command said
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12 December
US drone strike targets Al Shabaab in Somalia
A US Africa Command drone strike in Somalia targeted al-Shabaab near the capital Mogadishu, the latest US airstrike against al-Qaeda and ISIS militants in the country.
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Nov- 2017 -27 November
US conducts airstrike against ISIS in northeast Somalia
U.S. forces carried out an airstrike in northeastern Somalia on Monday, killing a suspected Islamic State militant, according to an Africa Command press release.
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21 November
US airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabaab kills “more than 100 militants” – AFRICOM
A U.S. airstrike in Somalia against al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab killed "more than 100 militants," the U.S. military's Africa Command said.
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15 November
US carries out drone strike against al-Shabaab in Somalia, killing several
The U.S. military targeted and killed several al-Shabaab militants in Somalia with a drone strike, U.S. Africa Command said on Wednesday.
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12 November
US conducts 3 airstrikes in 24 hours in Somalia against al-Qaeda and Islamic State
U.S. forces struck three times in 24 hours in Somalia, increasing the intensity of the campaign against al-Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates in Somalia
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9 November
US airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabaab kills ‘several militants’ – AFRICOM
U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against Somalia's al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab, "killing several militants," U.S. Africa Command said
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