In 2024, U.S. Africa Command carried out over 100 airstrikes in Somalia against ISIS-Somalia and al-Shabaab.
Recent operations revealed high-value ISIS targets were struck, with reports of terrorist casualties.
The rise in U.S. military actions highlights growing concerns regarding the resurgence of al-Shabaab amidst political fragmentation in Somalia.

United States of America

country primarily in North America

Al-Shabaab

Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda

United States Africa Command

one of the Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces

Donald Trump

president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

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