Reports indicate that US Airstrikes targeting Alshabab fighters in Somalia have continued at a rapid pace since troops were relocated from the country earlier this month.
AFRICOM has conducted three airstrikes against al-Shabab compounds and key leaders in Somalia since Jan 15 ,an estimated 700 troops withdrew from the country on orders from former president Donald Trump.
According to Africom, The command has conducted a total of six airstrikes since the new year began. They also said Alshabab remains a threat to the U.S. and a dangerous enemy While al-Shabaab is unable to attack the U.S. homeland today, their ambition to do so in the future remains.
At current rates, 2021 is on course to surpass the number of airstrikes conducted in Somalia in previous years. An airstrike destroyed an al-Shabab compound near Tiyeeglow, Somalia on Jan. 18, and two more strikes killed three al-Shabab operatives the following day near Jamaame and Deb Scinnele.
The US Africa command also claimed they had prevented the Al Shabaab fighters from conducting operations outside Somalia’s borders.
AFRICOM currently assesses that five civilians have been killed and eight injured due to U.S. airstrikes in Somalia since 2017. Officials are reviewing three more reports of civilian casualties to assess their accuracy.
