The US military announced an unspecified number of casualties following an airstrike against the extremist al-Shabab group. The raid took place as the director of Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency made an unannounced trip tp Washington. The United States military confirmed the new airstrike against al-Shabab. The strike took place in Jilib town on Saturday in collaboration with the Somali federal government, according to a statement by the US Africa Command, known as AFRICOM, on Monday.