2023-07-21 04:51:49
The Army of The United States announced on Thursday the death of five suspected members of Al Shabaab, linked to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, in an airstrike carried out in a remote area near the town of Hareeri Kalle. The US Army Africa Command (AFRICOM) has indicated that the operation has been carried out in coordination with Somali forces, following a request from the Somali government. The attack, as reported by AFRICOM in a statement on its website, has left no civilian victims.
For their part, the Somali authorities indicated this Wednesday that in an Army operation in cooperation with US troops managed to kill about a hundred members of Al Shabaab in a border area in the Galgudud and Middle Shabelle (center) regions, in the context of recent offensives against the group. The country’s Ministry of Information took the opportunity to thank in a statement the United States operation in support of Somali troops, since “they have helped in this operation to destroy (…) those who are gathering to harass the Somali people.”
In addition, the troops of the African country have reported the death of another 15 militants, including three leaders, in an operation carried out this Thursday afternoon. “The operation successfully dismantled a barricade and a terrorist hideout in the Bay region where they had tried to blockade residents,” reports the SONNA news agency. The barricades have been destroyed and the public transport that had been blocked has been “released”, according to the aforementioned agency, which indicates that this has been the second operation in less than 24 hours on the highway that connects the capital, Mogadishu, with the city of Baidoa, capital of the Bay region.
Somalia has increased offensives against Al Shabaab in recent months with support from clans and local militias as part of a series of decisions taken by the president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who promised upon taking office to put the fight against terrorism at the center of his efforts to stabilize the African country.
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