Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):The US conducted a pair of drone strikes against Islamic State fighters in Somalia on Friday, the first time America has hit the
militants in the Horn of Africa nation, officials said.
The strikes occurred in northeastern Somalia and killed “several terrorists,” the US military’s Africa Command said in a statement.
According to Voice of America, which cited the chairman of the town of Qandala in the semiautonomous region of
Puntland, six missiles hit an IS base in Buqa village, 60 kilometers (35 miles) away.
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US strikes IS in Somalia for first time
