President Trump ordered air strikes on Saturday against Islamic State in northern Somalia, the first major American military operation abroad since he took office.
Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, said in a statement that the initial evaluation of the military was that “several agents” in the farm in the northern country had been killed in strikes and that no civilian n ‘was injured.
The strikes were carried out by war and Air Force warfare, including F / A-18 fighter planes in the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier operating in the Red Sea, said three officials of the ministry defense.
“This action further degrades the Islamic State’s ability to trace and carry out terrorist attacks threatening American citizens, our partners and innocent civilians,” Hegseth said.
The strikes were more symbolic than substantial, declared several military officials and the defense of American, meant more to burn the image of Trump as commander -in -chief protecting the country of terrorists in the first days of his administration than neutralize a serious threat.
On Thursday, the central command of the army said that an American air strike in northwestern Syria killed a main agent in Hurras Al-Din, a subsidiary of Al Qaeda.
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