Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that “multiple operatives” had been killed in remote mountains in the country’s north.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by U.S. Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia's government.

The U.S. conducted an airstrike against Islamic State militants in Somalia, the first such military operation since President Trump returned to the White House. The strike on Saturday targeted an Islamic State operative,