Bilal al-Sudani, a senior leader of the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) in Somalia, and 10 other ISIS fighters have been killed in a U.S. military operation in northern Somalia. The military raid was carried out by the U.S Special Operations Forces on a cave complex in northern Somalia on Wednesday night, U.S. officials said on Thursday. New York Times reports that Bilal al Sudani, whom the officials described as a key operative and facilitator of the terror group’s global network, was the target of the raid.
President Joe Biden was said to have ordered the operation after Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recommended it.
New York Times reports that Bilal al Sudani, whom the officials described as a key operative and facilitator of the terror group’s global network, was the target of the raid. The officials said no civilians were wounded or killed in the operation, but they did not identify any of the 10 others killed beyond characterizing them as ISIS operatives.
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