It’s the first U.S. strike in Somalia under the second Trump administration, but follows similar strikes in the country last year under then-president Joe Biden.

The U.S. conducted an airstrike against Islamic State militants in Somalia, the first such military operation since President Trump returned to the White House. The strike on Saturday targeted an Islamic State operative,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that “multiple operatives” had been killed in remote mountains in the country’s north.

Donald Trump says he ordered military air strikes on a senior attack planner and others from the Islamic State (IS) group in Somalia. "These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies," Trump posted on social media.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by U.S. Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia's government.