Feb 1, 2025 · In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted airstrikes against ISIS-Somalia on Feb. 1, 2025. The command’s initial assessment is that multiple ISIS-Somalia operatives were killed in the airstrikes and no civilians were harmed. U.S. Africa Command takes great measures to prevent civilian harm.

Feb 2, 2024 · The United States launched attacks in Iraq and Syria, its first retaliatory strikes for the killing of three American soldiers, according to a U.S. defense official.

U.S. Africa Command strike protocol, assessment of civilian casualty allegations, and historical record of strikes conducted in Libya and Somalia.

Aug 1, 2017 · Near Rawah, one strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an air defense artillery system. Strike assessments are based on initial reports. All aircraft returned to base safely.

Feb 4, 2024 · Early Sunday morning, the United States conducted a strike "in self-defense against a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea," a statement from the U.S. Central Command forces said.

Feb 17, 2025 · AFRICOM said no civilians were harmed in the strike. The airstrike comes on the heels of a Feb. 1 operation that targeted a cave network in northeastern Somalia used as hideouts by ISIS leadership.

Special Report. President Donald J. Trump announced combined U.S., French and British forces launched precision strikes April 13, 2018, against chemical weapons capabilities in Syria to deter...

Feb 6, 2024 · The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for a drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend.

On 17 October 2023, amid the Gaza war, Iraqi militants launched a drone strike on al-Asad Airbase, a United States base in northern Iraq. [41] [42] The airstrike was intercepted. [43]The next day, a false alarm in the airbase caused the death of a civilian contractor from cardiac arrest. [33] On 20 October, the US ordered all non-emergency staff to leave their embassy in Baghdad and consulate ...

KABUL / GENEVA (9 October 2019) – A United Nations special report, which examines the impact on civilians of United States’ airstrikes on alleged drug-processing facilities on 5 May 2019 in Afghanistan, determines that the operation caused a large number of civilian casualties.