![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP564980559796.jpg.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAl-Shabab, the deadliest Islamic extremist group in Africa, has been blamed for the massive truck bombing in Mogadishu last month that killed more than 350 people. It was Somalia\u2019s worst-ever attack and one of the world\u2019s deadliest in years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al-Shabab has pledged allegiance to al-Qaida \u201cand is dedicated to providing safe haven for terrorist attacks throughout the world,\u201d said the spokeswoman, adding that al-Shabab \u201chas publicly committed to planning and conducting attacks against the U.S. and our partners in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third strike was against the Islamic State group in Somalia\u2019s northern Puntland area, she said. It happened at about 9 a.m. Sunday. This is the second U.S. strike against the IS group in Somalia. The first was earlier this month. The IS group has emerged in Somalia over the past two years and many of its fighters have defected from al-Shabab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cU.S. forces will continue to use all authorized and appropriate measures to protect Americans and to disable terrorist threats,\u201d said the spokeswoman. The U.S. forces are working with Somalia\u2019s security forces and the 22,000-strong African Union force of soldiers from neighboring countries and they are \u201ctargeting terrorists, their training camps and safe havens throughout Somalia, the region and around the world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Trump administration earlier this year approved expanded military operations against extremists in this Horn of Africa nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Somalia\u2019s president has vowed a \u201cstate of war\u201d against the extremists but concern is growing about that when the African Union force leaves Somalia, the national army will not be able to cope. The AU this week announced the beginning of its withdrawal from the long-chaotic and still heavily fractured nation, saying it will cut 1,000 troops by the end of the year. The AU pullout is set to be complete by the end of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
U.S. forces say they have carried out three drone strikes within 24 hours in Somalia, stepping up their campaign against the Islamic extremist rebels of al-Shabab and the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[100,8,12,25,68],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2691],"class_list":["post-65505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-flashpoints","category-news","category-newsletters","category-pentagon-congress"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"IEFXUTV3UNGMXFTB5WD2IN4ADE","arc_canonical_url":"\/flashpoints\/2017\/11\/12\/us-drone-strike-in-somalia-against-al-shabab-kills-several\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n