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U.S. airstrike kills 2 al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia
2019-06-19
[RADIOSHABELLE] The United States military said Monday its special forces killed two al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
turbans in an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
in southern Somalia on Sunday.

The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said the strike was conducted in cooperation with Somali government near Jilib, Middle Juba Region.

Since 2017, the U.S. military has stepped up air raids against al-Shabaab. The al-Shabaab group still controls large parts of rural southern and central Somalia and continues to carry out high-profile attacks in the capital Mogadishu.
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