A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against them.

The U.S. conducted an airstrike against Islamic State militants in Somalia, the first such military operation since President Trump returned to the White House. The strike on Saturday targeted an Islamic State operative,

Donald Trump says he ordered military air strikes on a senior attack planner and others from the Islamic State (IS) group in Somalia. "These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies," Trump posted on social media.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by U.S. Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia's government.

The United States military on Saturday conducted air strikes on Islamic State group targets in Somalia, President Donald Trump announced. The government of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said Sunday that US military strikes in the Golis mountains had killed "key figures" in the Islamic State group.

US military strikes in northern Somalia have killed senior members of the Islamic State (IS) group, the head of the semi-autonomous Puntland region said Sunday.

The U.S. military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State group operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump's second term.

I ordered precise military airstrikes on a senior ISIS attack planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia," Donald Trump announced on social media. He added that the strikes "killed many terrorists without causing harm to civilians.