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2024-11-25 Africa Horn
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Somalia Airstrike Targets Senior Al-Shabaab Leaders
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[Garowe] An Arclight airstrike
 ...KABOOM! ...
activated in Somalia targeted senior al-Shabaab
... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
leaders on Friday, multiple sources intimated, just as the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) prepared for exit from the country, to pave the way for new peacekeepers — The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM).
In recent years, the Somali National Army (SNA) in partnership with the US Africa Command and the ATMIS contingent, has launched a series of airstrikes in al-Shabaab strongholds, leading to massive destruction of infrastructures built by the group.
Friday's airstrike was unleashed in the Haway area near Sablale town in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, local officials reported. The strike resulted in at least 12 deaths, three of whom were commanders besides injuring several big shots.
The commanders are said to have been in a meeting at the time the military struck, officials said. The group is said to have been planning multiple attacks across the region before their plans were unearthed by the Somali National Army along with partners.
Aerial surveillance provided by the Americans and the peacekeepers is instrumental in the fight against al-Shabaab, a group seeking to topple the fragile UN-backed federal government of Somalia. The al-Shabaab lacks aerial capability and usually struggles in frontlines.
Sablale, located about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is reportedly a key command center for al-Shabaab operations in the southern region. It's unclear which country carried out the airstrike but the US military is known for such operations in Somalia.
A few weeks ago, the US military reported crashing of its drone in Somalia but ruled out al-Shabaab. The U.S. Army-operated MQ-1C crashed in southern Somalia at approximately 12:40 PM local on Nov. 5 according to the statement by the command.
The al-Shabaab group lost large swathes of rural central and southern regions following a recent operation by the Somali National Army (SNA) with the help of allies. The military is currently involved in active operations within southern and central regions.
The operation, which occurred around 10:48 p.m. local time on November 22, targeted a group of militants, including three high-ranking commanders. According to military sources, this strike was seen as a significant disruption to Al-Shabaab’s command structure.
Reports from the region indicate that the airstrike was aimed at reducing the operational capacity of Al-Shabaab, the militant Islamist group linked to al-Qaida, which has been launching attacks in Somalia for years. The use of air strikes has become a common tactic in the ongoing conflict to minimize risks to ground troops and local civilians.
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