{"id":32261,"date":"2019-08-20T17:50:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T17:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/20\/us-says-airstrike-in-somalia-kills-al-shabaab-militant\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:08:41","slug":"us-says-airstrike-in-somalia-kills-al-shabaab-militant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/08\/20\/us-says-airstrike-in-somalia-kills-al-shabaab-militant\/","title":{"rendered":"US says airstrike in Somalia kills al-Shabaab militant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. military says it has conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab militant in the vicinity of Qunyo Barrow, Somalia, killing a militant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/01\/24\/us-military-no-longer-announcing-deaths-damage-in-somalia-airstrikes\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Africa Command<\/a> says the airstrike was carried out Tuesday in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia. The command says it appears that no civilians were wounded or killed in the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/07\/31\/the-air-force-is-ramping-up-its-airstrikes-in-somalia\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4669815.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Air Force is ramping up its airstrikes in Somalia<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Airstrikes are helping create opportunity for the Somali government\u2019s efforts to reach citizens and develop their economy, AFRICOM said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The director of operations for U.S. Africa Command, Army Maj. 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