AFRICOM revealed the attack on Wednesday and said it came at the request of the Somali government and “in support of Somali National Army engagements against al-Shabaab.”
Al-Shabaab is the militant wing of the Somali Council of Islamic Courts, which controlled the southern part of the country in late 2006, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. While the council was defeated in 2007, al-Shabaab has continued its violent insurgency since then.
The Pentagon considers al-Shabaab to be the “largest and most kinetically active al Qaeda network in the world.”The US is one of several countries providing humanitarian aid, stabilization efforts, economic development, and military assistance to the Somali government in its ongoing campaign against the militant group.
“Stability, which is of course directly tied to security, remains a challenge in Somalia. Delivering timely and balanced stabilization interventions to newly liberated territory is imperative to bring security and relief to the Somali people in these areas,” she added. Former President Donald Trump ordered US troops out of Somalia in December 2020, a move President Biden reversed shortly after taking office.
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