The US military carried out a “precision airstrike” targeting an ISIS-Somalia encampment in the Golis Mountains, according to a press release issued the following day by US Africa Command.<\/p>\n
AFRICOM said it had assessed that the strke killed four members of ISIS-Somalia and that no civilians were harmed. “At this time, it is assessed the airstrike on May 9 killed four (4) terrorists.\u00a0 A detailed post-strike analysis continues and more details may be released as appropriate.\u00a0Currently, we assess no civilians were injured or killed as a result of this airstrike.\u00a0 Our process and procedures allow for additional information to inform post-strike analysis.”<\/p>\n
The attack came one day after a strike against ISIS had reportedly also killed 13 terrorists.<\/p>\n
The AFRICOM statement further noted: “This deliberate campaign is building on increased intelligence and understanding of ISIS training and recruitment activities in Puntland, and is the fourth precision airstrike against ISIS-Somalia since April 14.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","country":[436],"belligerent":[430],"strike_type":[431],"cause_of_death":[448],"targeted_belligerents":[489],"strike_status":[831],"civilian_harm_reported":[835],"civilian_harm_status":[],"belligerent_assessment":[868],"geolocation_assessor":[],"declassified_document":[900],"geolocation_status":[],"observation":[],"munition":[],"casualty":[],"impact":[],"civilian_infrastructure":[],"documentation":[],"citation":[],"class_list":["post-53848","civ","type-civ","status-publish","hentry","country-somalia","belligerent-us-forces","strike_type-airstrike","cause_of_death-heavy-weapons-and-explosive-munitions","targeted_belligerents-isis-somalia","strike_status-declared-strike","civilian_harm_reported-no","belligerent_assessment-not-yet-assessed","declassified_document-no"],"acf":{"latitude":11.060894,"longitude":49.184169,"geolocation_accuracy":"subdistrict","multiple_location_incident":null,"geolocations":[{"latitude":11.060894,"longitude":49.184169,"geolocation_accuracy":"subdistrict","primary_coordinate":true}],"geojson":null,"show_geolocation_caption":false,"geojson_caption":"","media_geolocation":[{"media_image":67035,"media_date_taken":null,"media_time_taken":"","media_resolution":"","media_source":"Google Earth"}],"geolocation_notes":"In its own public reporting of airstrikes in northern Somalia, AFRICOM tends to cite only 'the vicinity of the Golis Mountains' - instead of the nearest settlement usually provided for elsewhere.\u00a0The Golis Mountains extend from the border with Ethiopia into Somaliland, and then eastwards to Puntland. 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