US air strikes target al-Shabaab after Mogadishu bombing – The Guardian, Theguardian.com

TheUS militaryhas said it carried out airstrikes in Somalia that killed four “terrorists” of the al-Shabaab militant group following the deaths of at least People in a car bombing in Mogadishu.

“In coordination with the federal government of Somalia, US Africa Command [Africom] conducted three airstrikes in two locations targeting al-Shabaab threatened in the vicinity of Qunyo Barrow and Caliyoow Barrow, (Somalia) ***********************************, respectively, December (*******************************************************************************************, “Africom said in a statement.

The strikes came one day after Somalia’s deadliest attack in two years. ********

US strikes in Somalia surged after Donald Trump declared the south of the country an “area of ​​active hostilities”.

The rate of air strikes has risen sharply this year, and in an April statement Africom said it had killed more than 2011 people in (air strikes in Somalia since April (******************************************************************. ********

Saturday’s attack in Mogadishu has not been claimed but the city is regularly hit by car bombings and attacks waged by Al-Shabaab Islamist allied to al-Qaida.Al-Shabaabwas forced out of the Somali capital in but still controls parts of the countryside.

(With Agence France-Presse) **************************************************

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