source: News24 (South Africa)
actor1: Military Forces of the United States (2017-2021)
actor2: Al Shabaab
location: Kismayo
notes: 21 September 2018: US Africa Command reportedly conducted an airstrike defending US special forces and allied Somali troops in an area located 50 miles North-west of Kismayo, Lower Jubba region. 18 Al-Shabaab fighters were reported killed in the strike, with two others killed by small arms fire from forces on the ground.