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On March 18, 2024, Amnesty International conducted an interview with an eyewitness who reported the presence of Al-Shabaab fighters in Bagdad during clashes. [6] According to the witness, an initial drone strike targeted a mosque on the eastern side of Bagdad around 7:30 pm, resulting in the destruction of the building and damage to nearby houses.
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 ...
The Somali government claimed to have killed 47 Al-Shabaab fighters, although no bodies were presented as evidence. [3] They reported that 9 militants were killed in the first phase of the attack outside El-Dheer, followed by an ambush near Ali Yabaal village where 18 militants were killed. [ 8 ]
The US military conducted an airstrike killing five al-Shabaab terrorists on Tuesday, US Africa Command said in a statement.. The airstrike was carried out in support of Somali National Army ...
Operations against al-Shabaab have been stepped up. We asked the US to help us from the air to make our readied ground offensive more successful". The airstrike was the 29th conducted by the US in Somalia during 2017 and was one of nine during November acknowledged by United States Africa Command and was part of an uptick of US airstrikes ...
Somali national forces in the area where a UN helicopter was captured by al-Shabaab fighters are continuing to search for passengers, Daud Aweis, Somalia’s Minister of Information, Culture, and ...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said a military offensive against al Shabaab aims to eliminate the al Qaeda-linked group in the next five months, but security experts question the timeline ...
Al-Shabaab's "Ethiopian Front", led by Ali Diyaar, was known to have taken part in the operation. [3] The rebels advanced 150 kilometres (93 mi) into Ethiopian territory. [ 6 ] They captured the town of Hulhul , [ 14 ] but were encircled there by Somali Region paramilitary forces [ 8 ] on 22 July. [ 9 ]