worked in coordination with the Somali government for Tuesday s operation.
It marks the third publicly confirmed Biden-ordered air strikes of his presidency, with the prior two launched in Eastern Syria along the Iraq border ostensibly against Iran-backed militia engaged in tit-for-tat attacks on American bases.
According to
The Hill,
the last time US forces hit Somalia was on Jan. 19 - just before Biden was sworn into office - and after Trump had loosened the rules of engagement for drone strikes.
Current US rules of engagement based on the stated policies of the Biden administration say that any planned airstrikes conducted outside Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq have to be formally submitted to the White House to ensure that the president has full visibility on proposed significant actions. This means it s
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EEUU lleva a cabo el primer ataque aéreo contra Al Shabaab en Somalia bajo el mandato de Biden
Agencias MADRID, 21 (EUROPA PRESS) Estados Unidos ha llevado a cabo este martes un ataque con drones contra militantes del grupo armado somalí Al Shabaab, en lo que supone el primer ataque aéreo contra miembros de la milicia islamista vinculada a Al Qaeda desde que se inició el mandato del presidente, Joe Biden. La portavoz del Pentágono, Cindi King, ha precisado que el ataque se ha realizado por parte de aviones militares contra combatientes del grupo que atacaban a miembros de la Brigada Danab, un comando del Ejército somalí entrenado por Estados Unidos.
The US military command for Africa (AFRICOM) conducted the airstrike in coordination with the Somali government
The airstrike was conducted n the vicinity of Galkayo, Somalia about 430 miles northeast of Mogadishu today against al-Shabaab
The strike is the first conducted by the U.S. military in Somalia since January 19, when AFRICOM announced it had killed three Shabaab jihadists in two strikes
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