An airstrike was reported in the El-la-Helay area within the Galgadud region following an Al-Shabaab attack against a Somali army base, officials said.
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An
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was reported in the El-la-Helay area within the Galgadud region following an al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...
attack against a Somali army base, officials said.
The suspected US dronezap was carried out in support of the Somali troops battling to repel the attack in the village, which lies in the vicinity of Elbur town key al-Shabaab base.
The details of the casualty figures remain unverified as the situation was tense and both sides were engaging in a battle that began after al-Shabaab raided the SNA in the morning.
Shabelle Radio was unable to reach officials at Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
state at the time of the attack.
It is unclear which country belongs to the fighter jets that carried out the airstrike. The United States maintains a small troop presence in Somalia to support Somali military forces.
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