Al-Shabab's head of external operations was the target of the latest U.S. airstrike against the militant group, two sources, including an al-Shabab defector, told VOA Somali. Former al-Shabab official Omar Mohamed Abu Ayan told VOA that veteran military commander Osman Mohamed Abdi, known as Moallim Osman, was the target. The name of the target and…
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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.