The US air strike killed 16 militants affiliated to the Islamic State Terrorist Group in North Somalia, the officials said on Monday.
Brigadier General Mohammad Mohammad Ahmed, a spokesman for security works in Puntland region, revealed an interview in the Somali service of an interview VOA.
Ahmed said, “The strike by our International Security Partners killed at least 16 terrorists, including two senior members known as the group’s bomb makers, and destroyed a bomb factory.”
O local officials are working to verify the names and nationalities of bomb makers.
Ahmed said that the United Arab Emirates played the role of Sunday’s attack.
“The United States government and the United Arab Emirates, both our fellow were supporting us in the fight against terrorists [in] The attack on Sunday night, “Hey said.
Ahmed said that the strike targeted Godka Kunle and Xankookin in two villages of the Cal Misscad mountain range in Bari region of Puntland.
Ahmed said that during the air strike, the terrorist launched drone attacks on the locations of the Pantland security forces in the region.
“Trying to bring back the bases of our security forces, the terrorists used seven drones. Pantland forces shot five of them and two others, of course with explosives, closed, ”Ahmed claimed.
Somali and US authorities have king to root the Islamic State, which establishes the hideout in the mountain vines of Pantland, a semi-suitable region in North Somalia.
The US Africa Command (Africam) said in a statement on Monday that it organized a air strike against ISIS-Somalia in the north-east Sunday of the country, in which two militants died, according to initial evaluation.
Africam said that no citizen was damaged in the operation and said that this wood continues to evaluate the results and provides updates as required.
Speaking at Mogadishu, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohammed appreciated the US air strikes.
Mohammed said in a declared posted by Somali National News Agency (Sonna), “The latest American accurate attack against terrorist elements in Pantland confirms a strong partnership in the fight against terrorism between Somalia and the United States.”
Sunday’s air attack is the US Army in Somalia this month.
On 1 February, a similar operation, which targeted the senior ISIS-Somalia leadership in a network of cave complexes in the Golis Mountains of Puntland, killed about 14 ISIS operations, including Ahmed Melaninin, which the US coordinated by the US Was recognized as a major recruitment for. America and Europe.
Pantland officials recently launched an army against extremist groups in the region after months of preparation.
Pantland claimed that over 200 Islamic State fighters, dozens of foreign fighters, and IS controlled by IS have occupied villages and bases in the mountainous region.
