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Three Shabaab members were killed in what U.S. Africa Command described as a "collective self-defense airstrike" in the Lower Juba region. Shabaab, Al Qaeda's branch in East Africa, remains a dangerous threat.
Captured Somali military vehicles from Masagaway, as seen from Shabaab’s propaganda Just days after Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, overran a
Though Somalia says the raid was repelled, the major attack nevertheless came just days after a similar raid was conducted on a Ugandan military base in southern Somalia.
The current offensive – which combines the army with citizen militias, African Union forces and Turkish and American drones – is allowing the authorities to regain lost ground.