Kismayo

But U.S. Africa Command said in a press release on Monday that its forces launched more airstrikes in Somalia as the Trump administration continues a record shattering bombing campaign in the country.

The command said that the strikes were launched on September 24th and targeted Al-Shabaab in the vicinity of Kumbi, a village about 55 miles northwest of the southern port city of Kismayo.

AFRICOM offered no other details about the attack as it stopped sharing casualty estimates and assessments on potential civilian harm last year.

And there were no statements from U.S.-backed Somali government forces about operations in that area that day.

I mean, it was created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

So, when you go to a place like Baidaba, or Gruwe, or Kismayo, you have to go to different places.

You have to go to different places.

You have to go to different places.

So U.S. Africa Command announced on Friday that its forces launched another airstrike in Somalia as the Trump administration continues a record-breaking bombing campaign in the country, which of course receives virtually no coverage in U.S. media.

AFRICOM said the strike was launched on September 8th and targeted Al-Shabaab in the vicinity of Kumbi, a village about 50 miles northeast of the southern port city of Kismayo.

And no other details.

There was no reports in Somali media, no statements from the U.S.-backed government, and AFRICOM doesn't share anything else in that, so we don't know what happened on the ground.

It offered no other details about the strike, but the U.S.-backed Somali Defense Ministry announced a military operation in the same area that day, which it claimed killed 14 al-Shabaab fighters, including five senior leaders, though this has not been confirmed by other sources, and the government is known to kind of inflate Al-Shabaab casualties and downplay civilian casualties.

So in a second press release, AFRICOM said that it launched a strike on September 5th that also targeted Al-Shabaab about 46 miles northwest of the southern port city of Kismayo.

And as usual, AFRICOM shared no other details, and I didn't see any statements from the U.S.-backed Somali forces about military operations that day.

And so these two airstrikes bring the total number of U.S. airstrikes in Somalia this year to at least 80.