November 2017 Somalia airstrike

November 2017 Somalia airstrike
Part of American military intervention in Somalia (2007-present)
TypeAirstrike
Location
125 miles northwest of Mogadishu, Bay Region, Somalia
TargetAl-Shabaab training camp
DateNovember 21, 2017
10:30 a.m. EAT
Executed by United States
Casualties100+ militants killed[1] (per US and Somalia)

On November 21, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. East Africa Time the United States Military conducted an airstrike on an Al-Shabaab training camp 125 miles Northwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu in the Bay Region by a crewed aircraft.[2]

  1. ^ Cooper, Helene (21 November 2017). "Over 100 Shabab Militants Killed in U.S. Airstrike in Somalia". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "US airstrike in Somalia kills more than 100 al-Shabaab militants | CNN Politics". CNN. 21 November 2017.