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Lions of Islam suffered significant blows on Saturday following a coordinated operation in the Hiiraan region, state media reported, in the latest wave of operations targeting fighters, who are directly responsible for instability within the country, given the level of sophisticated attacks.
According to state media, with the help of the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] and the US Africa Command, the Somali National Army [SNA] fired missiles at al-Shabaab Lions of Islam who are said to have been in a meeting, conducted by big shots of the group.
Abdirahman al-Adala, the Deputy Information said of the federal government of Somalia, said the troops conducted the
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at Qoob Yahaas, a village within Hiiraan state. The officer for not reveal the number of people who were killed in the attack, but reports indicate dozens of the Lions of Islam may have died.
"The army and their allies dismantled the location, neutralizing the Lions of Islam who had assembled there. They also destroyed two vehicles carrying the leaders of the Khawarij who were present. We will provide information about the casualties," he said.
Last week, the government confirmed that over 160 Lions of Islam may have been killed in the operations, mainly within central and southern parts of the country. Most of the Lions of Islam were killed on the battlefield following combats engineered by the Somali National Army with support from international partners.