Bosaso (Caasimada Online) – The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced that it had carried out an airstrike in the Puntland administration, as part of the ongoing US operations in Somalia.
A statement from AFRICOM said that the strike took place approximately 60KM from the port city of Bosaso, and targeted members of the ISIS group located there.
The US command did not provide further details about the casualties of the attack, but said that the strike was part of efforts to weaken the power of terrorist groups in northern Somalia.
The United States has long provided military support to Puntland forces fighting ISIS, as the administration does not receive direct support from the federal government based in Mogadishu.
This attack is the 81st that the US has carried out inside Somalia this year, breaking the previous record of airstrikes in 2019, when Donald Trump was in office.
During Trump’s tenure, the United States has carried out numerous airstrikes against terrorist groups, while President Joe Biden has only carried out 51 airstrikes in the past four years.
US operations are also ongoing in the central and southern regions of the country, where it is supporting federal government forces fighting the Al-Shabaab group.
Recently, AFRICOM claimed responsibility for an airstrike in Sanaag region that killed a man it described as an arms dealer for Al-Shabaab.
However, locals and relatives of the man killed have strongly rejected AFRICOM’s claim, insisting that he was a well-known peace elder with no ties to terrorist groups.
The airstrike, which sparked intense tension, killed Aqil Omar Abdullahi Abdi, one of the intellectuals of Sanaag region, when his vehicle was hit by missiles as he left the Elbuh area and headed to the Badhan district of Sanaag region.
Although AFRICOM said it carried out an airstrike in Sanaag, it did not disclose the name of the man killed or what he was doing at the time of his death.
The leader's car was hit by three missiles, and no one else was with him, as confirmed by Ali Abdullahi, the deceased's brother, who described the incident.

Boosaaso (Caasimada Online) – Taliska Ciidamada Mareykanka ee Afrika (AFRICOM) ayaa shaaciyay inuu duqayn cirka ah ka fuliyay deegaannada maamulka Puntland, taas oo qeyb ka ah howl-galada joogtada ah ee Mareykanku ka wado Soomaaliya.
Bayaan kasoo baxay AFRICOM ayaa lagu sheegay in weerarkaasi uu ka dhacay meel qiyaastii 60KM u jirta magaalada dekedda ah ee Boosaaso, isla markaana uu bartilmaameedsaday xubno ka tirsan kooxda Daacish ee ku sugan halkaas.
Taliska Mareykanka ma bixin faah-faahin dheeraad ah oo ku saabsan khasaaraha weerarka, balse waxa uu sheegay in duqayntan ay qeyb ka tahay dadaallada lagu wiiqayo awoodda kooxaha argagixisada ee ku sugan waqooyiga Soomaaliya.
Mareykanka ayaa muddo dheer taageero militari siiya ciidamada Puntland ee la-dagaallamaya kooxaha Daacish, maadaama maamulkaas uusan si toos ah u helin taageero ka timaadda dowladda federaalka ah ee Muqdisho fadhigeedu yahay.
Weerarkan ayaa noqonaya kii 81-aad ee Mareykanku ka fuliyo gudaha Soomaaliya sanadkan, iyadoo tiradaasi ay jebisay rikoodhkii hore ee duqaymaha sanadkii 2019 lagu qaaday, xilligii uu xilka hayay Donald Trump.
Intii uu Trump joogay Aqalka Cad, Mareykanku waxa uu sameeyay duqaymo badan oo ka dhan ah kooxaha argagixisada, halka Madaxweyne Joe Biden uu afartii sano ee la soo dhaafay fuliyay 51 duqayn oo keliya.
Howl-gallada Mareykanka ayaa sidoo kale ka socda gobollada bartamaha iyo koonfurta dalka, halkaas oo uu taageero u fidiyo ciidamada dowladda federaalka ah ee dagaalka kula jira kooxda Al-Shabaab.
Dhawaan, AFRICOM ayaa sheegtay masuuliyadda duqayn ka dhacday gobolka Sanaag, taas oo lagu dilay nin ay ku tilmaameen ganacsade hub u kala gudbiya Al-Shabaab.
Hase yeeshee, dadka deegaanka iyo ehelada ninka la dilay ayaa si adag u diiday sheegashada AFRICOM, iyagoo ku adkaystay in uu ahaa oday nabadoon caan ah oo aan wax xiriir ah la lahayn kooxaha argagixisada.
Duqeyntaas oo xiisad xooggan ay ka dhalatay ayaa lagu dilay Caaqil Cumar Cabdullahi Cabdi oo kamid ahaa waxgaradka gobolka Sanaag, kaas oo gaarigiisa lagu dhuftay gantaallo, xilli uu kasoo baxay deegaanka Ceelbuh, kuna sii jeeday degmada Badhan ee gobolka Sanaag.
Inkastoo taliska AFRICOM uu sheegay inuu duqeyn ka geystay Sanaag, balse ma shaacin magaca ninka la dilay iyo waxa uu qabanayay xilliga la dilay.
Gaariga caaqilka ayaa lagu dhuftay 3 gantaal, mana jirin cid kale oo la socotay, sida uu xaqiijiyay Cali Cabdullaahi oo la dhashay marxuumka, oo ka waramay sida ay wax u dhaceen.