PNN – US President Donald Trump has announced his first military order for precision airstrikes on “ISIS targets” in Somalia, despite his claim to end the fighting.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, US Republican President Donald Trump wrote on his social media called Truth Social: This morning I ordered precision military airstrikes against the chief planner of ISIS attacks and other terrorists he was recruiting and leading in Somalia.
The President of the United States claimed: These murderers, who were hiding in the caves, were threatening the United States of America and our allies. These attacks destroyed the caves where they lived and killed many terrorists without harming civilians.
Trump added: This designer of ISIS attacks has been targeting our army for years, but Biden (the former US Democratic President Joe Biden) and his friends did not act fast enough to stop them, but I did!
The President of the United States stated: The message to ISIS and all those who attack Americans is that “we will find you and we will kill you!”
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In his second term, Trump is facing 10 wars, including conflicts in the Horn of Africa.
According to the US publication Newsweek, as a result of regional tensions, Ethiopia’s peace agreements with Eritrea and Somalia are also breaking down. The tension between this country and Egypt over the water resources of the Nile is still high. In his first administration, Trump also criticized Ethiopia for building dams along the Nile River and announced the displeasure of the Cairo government. In the case of Somalia, in his first administration, Trump ordered the withdrawal of the American forces present in the country, which were there to fight against Al-Shabaab forces as one of Al-Qaeda’s allies.
The United Nations Security Council, by passing a resolution, has extended the sanctions against the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia until February 28, 2025.
According to the UN Security Council resolution, it prohibits and embargoes the illegal import of weapons, the export of coal, and parts of improvised explosive devices. Sanction measures such as an arms embargo, travel ban, and freezing of assets belonging to al-Shabaab continue to be implemented.
Somalia, a country in the Horn of Africa, has been plagued by insecurity for many years, and its main threats originate from terrorist groups such as ISIS and al-Shabaab. Since 2007, al-Shabaab has been fighting the Somali government and the African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). It is a multilateral mission established by the African Union and approved by the United Nations Security Council.
The terrorist group has carried out attacks since Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was re-elected for a second term last year, declared “all-out war”.