As U.S. Africa Command has ramped up its airstrikes targeting extremist groups throughout the continent, the command announced it will begin providing quarterly public reports of its investigations into civilian casualties. The step, slated to begin next month, is similar to U.S. Central Command's policy ...
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U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan continued at a steady rate in February, despite progress toward a peace deal with the Taliban, as counter-terror operations targeted the Islamic State group’s Khorasan offshoot and al-Qaeda. In February, U.S. manned and unmanned aircraft dropped 360 weapons—the lowest monthly total ...
The United States launched retaliatory strikes against five Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah weapons storage facilities across Iraq, following the March 11 attack on Camp Taji that killed two Americans and one soldier from the United Kingdom. "These strikes were defensive, proportional, and in direct response to ...
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The United States killed six al-Shabab militants and wounded two others in a series of airstrikes carried out in the first week of March, U.S. Africa Command reported. Three of the strikes—two on March 2 and a third on March 5—targeted al-Shabab militants near Qunyo ...
A Feb. 17 U.S. airstrike took out an al-Shabab compound near Jilib, Somalia, U.S. Africa Command said the same day. The command didn't report whether any members of the terror organization were injured or killed in the attack. This was the fifth American airstrike that ...
US strike aircraft dropped more bombs in Afghanistan in 2019 than any other year since at least the surge in 2009. US aircraft flew 2,434 strike sorties, releasing 7,423 weapons, according to statistics released Jan. 27 by Air Forces Central Command. These totals are higher ...
US and coalition aircraft continued to strike Islamic State group targets in Iraq and Syria in November as US forces drew down in size, according to new statistics from Air Forces Central Command. Last month, aircraft as part of Operation Inherent Resolve conducted 153 airstrikes, ...
A Dec. 9 US airstrike near Saakow, Somalia, that was coordinated with the Somalian government killed a member of the al-Shabaab terror group without harming any civilians, according to US Africa Command assessments.
The US targeted members of the al-Shabaab terror group in a Nov. 30 airstrike near Jilib, Somalia, US Africa Command said in a press release the same day. AFRICOM did not say whether anyone died in the strike, but noted it does not believe any ...
A Nov. 19 US Africa Command airstrike in Somalia killed a member of the al-Shabaab terror group with “direct ties to the al-Qaeda terror organization” without harming any civilians, US Africa Command announced. It was the second US airstrike in Somalia targeting an al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab ...
American forces killed a terrorist affiliated with the al-Shabaab group in a Nov. 12 airstrike, US Africa Command announced. The strike was part of an ongoing partnership with the Somali government to “maintain pressure on al-Shabaab’s network and levels of leadership while countering violent extremist ...
