Al-Shabaab

The Jan. 20 strike occurred approximately 260 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu near Galcad, Somalia.

Several senators want to send U.S. troops back to fight al-Shabaab, about 16 months after former President Trump pulled them...

The U.S. base and an adjacent airfield were more vulnerable due to a culture of complacency among forces deployed there, the...

The U.S. military on Sunday held its first training engagement in Somalia after the recent drawdown of most troops there.

The two New Year's Day airstrikes hit al-Shabaab compounds, destroying two according to the initial assessment. No civilians...

"They should not test us," said Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, head of U.S. Africa Command.

The airstrikes targeted al-Shabaab explosives experts near the town of Jilib, about 207 miles southwest of Mogadishu.

The strike took place April 10 and killed one terrorist, according to a release from AFRICOM.

Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud, a senior leader of al-Shabaab, was killed in an airstrike conducted by U.S. Africa Command.

The militant group al-Shabaab killed a soldier and two defense contractors in the attack.