US raid in Somalia kills top Islamic State leader

According to American special forces, they murdered 10 of his accomplices in addition to a senior member of the Islamic State group in Somalia.

According to allegations, Bilal al-Sudani had a significant role in the financing and growth of the jihadist organization throughout Africa and beyond.

Officials claim that after forces attacked a remote network of mountainous caves in northern Somalia in an effort to apprehend him, he was killed in a gunfight.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin claimed in a statement that no civilians were hurt during "a successful counterterrorism action."

Analysts claim that Mr. Sudani's importance can be inferred from the fact that forces were deployed to kill or arrest him rather than carrying out a less dangerous drone strike.