Ten al-Shabaab individuals were killed via airstrikes led by US Africa Command in Somalia in the overnight hours of Saturday, the Defense Department announced.
“At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted three collective self-defense airstrikes overnight in a remote area near Afmadow, approximately 105 kilometers north of Kismayo, against al-Shabaab terrorists,” US Africa Command said in an explanation Sunday.
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The underlying appraisal of the Somali National Army and US Africa Command found that ten individuals from the militant psychological gathering were killed, and there were no regular citizen losses, per the assertion.
According to the US Africa Command, Al-Shabaab is the largest and most active al-Qaeda network in the world. According to Reuters, the group controlled a vast area of Somalia before being pushed back by government counteroffensives last year.
The militants, on the other hand, continue to carry out deadly attacks across the nation to overthrow the central government and establish a rule based on their rigid interpretation of Islam’s Sharia law.
In late May, al-Shabaab contenders sent off an assault on an African Association army installation in Somalia, in which something like 54 Ugandan fighters were killed, as per Ugandan authorities.
Since President Joe Biden last year approved a Pentagon request to redeploy US troops to the region to combat the terrorist group, the US has continued to support the Somali government.
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The endorsement to send less than 500 soldiers was an inversion of previous President Donald Trump’s 2020 decision to withdraw nearly all US troops from the country.
The US has launched several strikes against al-Shabaab this year, including one that killed 30 fighters in January and three in February that killed 24 soldiers.
