The United States Africa Command has claimed that its airstrikes have killed four members of the al-Shabab militant group in southern Somalia.
A statement from the command on Friday said the militants of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group were killed in an area about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of the port city of Kismayo.
Declining to provide further details, Africa Command claimed no civilians were killed in the attack, which it said was undertaken “in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia.”
There have been many ambiguities surrounding US drone strikes and bombardments in the rural regions of Somalia, a war-torn country still reeling from more than two decades of militancy.
The US military has stepped up its airstrikes in the Horn of Africa nation after getting President Donald Trump’s approval for expanded military operations there.
