Taylor Palmer were training with Somalia’s Danab Brigade as part of ... operations against violent extremist organizations. The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa employs the 2nd ...

In testimony to Congress in March 2021, then-head of AFRICOM, Army Gen. Stephen Townsend called the rotations of U.S. troops into Somalia “not effective.” However, 18 months after the Trump ...

There have been at least 282 U.S. counterterrorism operations in Somalia, including drone strikes ... time and money training the Somali National Army, assisting in surveillance and drone strike ...

Somalia’s government has increasingly turned to Turkey to repel al-Shabab, as America’s diminished focus on Africa scrambles ...

The offensive al-Shabaab launched in late February 2025 marks its most ambitious push in years, reversing government gains ...

Federal Republic of Somalia, July 5, 2019. (Capt. London Nagai/U.S. Army) One of the most difficult parts of preparing for the attack was holding fire during al-Shabaab probing attacks.

U.S Africa Command said in a press release Friday, as the Islamist insurgent group was waging a massive attack on Somalia's national army. The Jan. 20 strike occurred approximately 260 kilometers ...

The U.S. military announced that airstrikes ... The strikes were made at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia in support of Somali National Army forces, with the first strike killing ...

According to Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, Somalia’s Defense ... “The recent United States' commitment to provide additional military support to the Somali National Army is a sign of confidence ...

Trump in December 2020 ordered US troops out of Somalia in favor of moving them ... In March of this year, then-AFRICOM leader Army Gen. Stephen Townsend likened the move to having troops ...

BALEDOGLE MILITARY AIR BASE, Somalia — The U.S. military is scrambling to make ... That was absolutely the worst way to try to advise a foreign army. Awful, absolutely awful,” said one service ...