In efforts to weaken the hold of militant group in Somalia, the US launched airstrike against Al-Shabaab militants.
As per the military’s Africa Command (Africom), the strike was carried out in Friday near Lebede, 30 November. It is an operation to support the UN-backed government there, which has been struggling with Al-Shabaab insurgency for years. The US military has carried out at least 37 airstrikes this year against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab, one of Africa’s deadliest Islamic extremist groups.
Though the Al-Shabaab were forced out of the capital by troops of the African Union in 2011, they still control parts of the countryside and attack government, military and civilian people in the regional towns.
In 2017, Somalia saw the deadliest attack in its history after a truck bombing killed more than 500 people in the capital.
