The U.S. military conducted airstrikes against the senior ISIS attack planner and other terrorists in Somalia on Saturday.
President Trump said on his Truth Social network that the strikes, the first military action since he took office Jan. 20, were carried out Saturday morning.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a statement the U.S. worked with Somalian authorities to carry out the offensive.
A photo provided by the US African Command shows a jet taking off from a Nimitz class aircraft carrier. U.S Navy
“This morning, I ordered precision military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia,” Trump wrote in his post.
The airstrikes took out ISIS operatives in the Golis mountains in the Bari region, Hegseth said, including a senior official, responsible for planning ISIS attacks.
The name of the alleged ISIS official was not included.
“These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies,” Trump added in his Truth Social post. “The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians.”
Jets take to the air to carry out Saturday’s strikes. U.S