Ten fighters of the Al-Shabaab jihadist group had been killed in an airstrike in southern Somalia, the US African Command (AFRICOM) introduced right this moment.
The raid was launched on December 31 at a location about 35 kilometers from the port of Kismayo, based on the replace from AFRICOM, which specified that the operation was carried out “on the request” of the Somali authorities.
In accordance with the identical supply, no civilian casualties or accidents had been reported in the course of the navy operation. For its half, the Somali authorities added that terrorist infrastructure was destroyed.
The al-Shabaab jihadist group, which has pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda, has been preventing Somalia's internationally-backed federal authorities for greater than 15 years.
Though the Islamist insurgents had been pushed out of the foremost city facilities in 2011-2012, they continue to be entrenched in a number of areas of the countryside, from the place they proceed to launch assaults towards safety forces and civilians.
Throughout his first time period as US president, Donald Trump had introduced the withdrawal of US troops from Somalia – a call reversed by his successor Joe Biden.
Supply: APE-MPE-AFP
