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US no longer announcing deaths, damage in Somalia airstrikes

Posted January 24, 2019 6:00 am

The Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The U.S. military says it has carried out two new airstrikes in Somalia against the al-Shabab extremist group but will no longer give details on fighters killed or damage done.

A U.S. Africa Command spokesman says those details are now up to Somalia's government to share. The spokesman later said one extremist was killed.

On Saturday the U.S. announced its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 of the al-Qaida-linked extremists after a "large group" attacked Somali forces.

The U.S. says the latest airstrikes occurred Wednesday near Jilib in Middle Juba region, where Saturday's strike occurred.

The United States has dramatically stepped up airstrikes against al-Shabab in Somalia since President Donald Trump took office, carrying out at least 47 last year to diminish the Islamic extremist group's "safe havens."

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