The United States used fighter jets to conduct an airstrike against Islamic State targets in Somalia on Saturday, according to U.S. officials.

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.

The attack is the largest overseas military operation by the second Trump administration so far, killing "multiple" ISIS members.

Donald Trump has said "many" ISIS terrorists have been killed in caves in Somalia by US airstrikes he ordered this morning. Posting on his social media site Truth Social, the US president said: "This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia.

I ordered precision military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia,” Trump wrote in his post.

The US president said he had ordered airstrikes on the so-called IS group targets in Somalia on Saturday. View on euronews

The U.S. military has conducted 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.

Donald Trump says he ordered military air strikes on a senior attack planner and others from the Islamic State (IS) group in Somalia. "These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies," Trump posted on social media.

The United States military on Saturday conducted air strikes on Islamic State group targets in Somalia, President Donald Trump announced.

The US military conducted airstrikes targeting Islamic State (IS) operatives in Somalia, marking the first such operation during US President Trump's second term.