US Launches Airstrike in Somalia’s Puntland, Says Two ISIS Fighters Killed

US Africa Command said in a press release that it launched an airstrike in northeast Somalia that targeted ISIS fighters, claiming that two were killed.

Local officials in Somalia’s Puntland region put the death toll higher, claiming the US strike killed 16 ISIS militants. AFRICOM also claimed no civilians were harmed in the attack, but the Pentagon is notorious for hiding civilian casualties in Somalia.

AFRICOM said the strike was carried out in coordination with the US-backed Somali government, which is based in Mogadishu, but Puntland is a semi-autonomous region that’s not under the control of the federal government