shabaab, responsible for deadly attacks across africa including on u.s. civilians. u.s. troops are not on the front lines here, but do watch from overhead drones. this never before seen video shows somali forces taking back territory that al shabaab once held. this is the joint operation center. the video was first seen here where the u.s. military monitors drone feeds of somali special operators during missions. when trouble arises the u.s. can provide support with air strikes. that decision made by the commander of the u.s. special operations task force east africa. we can t identify him for safety concerns. he says he turns down more strikes than approves often to avoid civilian casualties. one strike won t win or lose this war but one bad strike will take that authority and capability away from us and have ramifications that impact not only us, but also the community that s here supporting
A US counter-terrorism operation in northern Somalia killed a senior Islamic State (ISIS) figure Bilal-al-Sudani, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed in