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US Africa Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on September 21 that targeted the ISIS affiliate in the northeastern Puntland region, as the Trump administration continues its heavy air campaign in the country, which has gained virtually no US media coverage.
The command offered no further details about the strike, except that it was launched in the Golis Mountains, approximately 37 miles southeast of the Gulf of Aden port city of Bossaso. “Specific details about units and assets will not be released to ensure continued operations security,” AFRICOM said.
The same day as the strike, US-backed Puntland forces said that the US had launched a total of two airstrikes in the area. “Two airstrikes targeted caves where fleeing ISIS terrorists were hiding. The strikes were carried out by the Puntland Government’s US partners in support of the forces engaged in the operation,” the Puntland Counter-Terrorism Operations wrote on X...
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