Trump confirms U.S. strikes on IS in Somalia

Donald Trump revealed on Saturday that the United States carried out airstrikes against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, weeks after the deadly attack in New Orleans claimed by the terrorist group.

In a social media post, the US president wrote that a senior IS planner and recruits were targeted in the operation but he did not identify them.

The office of Somalia’s president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, said the operation…