2017 raid on Barii

2017 raid on Barii
Part of the War in Somalia
and the War on Terror
Date5 May 2017
Location
Barii, 40 miles west of Mogadishu, Somalia
Result Disputed
Belligerents
 United States
Somalia Somalia		 Al-Shabaab
Commanders and leaders
United States David J. Furness[1]
United States Kyle Milliken  †		 Mahad Karate[2]
Moalin Osman Abdi Badil †[1]
Strength
United States:
50[3] DEVGRU operators (In all of Somalia)
several helicopters
Somalia:
Danab ("Lightning") commandos[4]		 unknown
Casualties and losses
United States:
1 killed
2 wounded[1]
Somalia:
none[2]		 4-8 killed[1][2]

The 2017 raid on Barii was a military operation conducted by SEAL Team Six (DEVGRU) with Danab commandos from the Federal Government of Somalia. The raid resulted in the death of DEVGRU Senior Chief Petty Officer Kyle Milliken, marking the first US serviceman combat death in Somalia since the First Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, also known as "Black Hawk Down".[5]

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  5. ^ "In sign of intensifying Somalia fight, Navy SEAL killed during raid against al-Shabab". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-09.