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Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen [note 1], commonly known as al-Shabaab, [note 2] is a transnational Salafi Jihadist [33] [34] military and political organization based in Somalia and active elsewhere in East Africa. It is actively involved in the ongoing Somali Civil War and incorporates elements of Somali nationalism into its Islamist cause.
A US strike targeted an al-Shabaab base in southern Somalia. [56] November 29; Either Kenyan or American planes bombed three villages in central Hiraan. [56] December 2; Senior al-Shabaab fighter Abdirahman Sandhere (Ukash) was killed in an airstrike. [56] December 22; Al-Shabaab leader Abu Ubaidah was killed in a drone strike. [56]
Somalia's army and allied fighters on Friday captured the town of El Buur, the al Shabaab militia's main stronghold in the country's central region, a significant breakthrough in the government's ...
Jihadist group al-Shabaab began an insurgency in 2006, trying to overthrow the internationally backed Somali government and impose a severe form of Sharia law. [3] The Islamist group have carried out many attacks in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, targeting civilian buildings including hotels and restaurants as well as military and political targets.
Somalia's federal government is not only struggling to contain violence unleashed by the Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, but is also facing clan-based clashes over control of land and water in ...
The second phase is meant to push into southern Somalia, the traditional stronghold of al Shabaab, which has been waging a brutal insurgency against the government since 2006.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed in Somalia on Saturday after Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a military base. The Busley base, in the Lower Shabelle region in the country's ...
16 January - Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Mogadishu that killed three people and injured two others. [3] 21 January - The US carried out strikes northeast of Kismayo, killing three Al-Shabaab militants. [4] 24 January - An airstrike conducted by Somali military forces in Galhareri killed at least 20 Al-Shabaab ...