U.S. and Somali Strikes on Shabab Said to Kill Nearly 100 Militants
More than a dozen militants were killed in a United States airstrike 20 miles north of the capital
of Mogadishu, according to Samantha Reho, a spokeswoman with the United States Africa Command.
11, 2017
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Nearly 100 members of the Shabab, the Qaeda-linked insurgent group in Somalia,
were killed in separate strikes this week, according to Somali and American officials.
Separately, the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency killed 81 Shabab fighters
earlier this week in Jilib, in southern Somalia, government officials said on Saturday.
Last Friday, United States forces carried out airstrikes against an Islamic State-affiliated
Shabab splinter group, operating in the central Somali region of Puntland.
On Thursday, airstrikes killed "several militants" in the Bay region, about 100
miles west of Mogadishu, according to a statement from the Africa Command.
The United States Mission in Somalia the next day directed nonessential personnel to leave
Mogadishu indefinitely, citing a specific threat against Americans in the city.
