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U.S. air strikes kill 40 militants in Somalia
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US military says it has killed 40 Islamists in a series of airstrikes in Somalia( courtesy)
A series of air strikes on Somalia by US forces that took place over the weekend has killed 40 Al-Shabaab and Islamic State fighters.
Acccording to Colonel Rob Manning, defense department spokesman the US military has launched five strikes since Thursday killing 36 members of the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab group and four from the Islamic State group.
“In coordination with the federal government of Somalia, US forces conducted five airstrikes in Somalia against Al-Shabaab and ISIS, from November 9 to the 12th, removing more than 40 terrorists from the battlefield,” Manning said.
The U.S. military this month carried out its first drone strikes against ISIS fighters in Somalia, raising questions about the strength of the group that emerged just two years ago.
This long-fractured Horn of Africa nation with its weak central government already struggles to combat Al-Shabaab, an ally of al-Qaeda, which is blamed for last month’s truck bombing in the capital, Mogadishu that killed more than 350 in the country’s deadliest attack.
Thursday’s strikes against ISIS in Somalia marked the second time US forces have struck the terror group in the country.
The US has about 500 troops in Somalia including Special Operations Forces working as military advisers and conventional logistics personnel.
