[Iran Press TV] The US government is expanding its drone base in the East African nation of Djibouti to escalate its liquidation strikes in Somalia and Yemen.The US military has been flying armed drones over both countries from a base in Djibouti and is planning to build a second base in Æthiopia, a report by the Washington Post says.
The report added that the drones on missions over Somalia and Yemen take off or land at the base an average of 16 times per day.
The Lemonnier base has also become home to a squadron of US F-15 fighter jets, which it reports are flying combat missions over Yemen.
The US is also known to operate drones from two other East African countries -- Æthiopia and the Seychelles islands.
The base in the Seychelles that was previously used to fly surveillance drones will now host armed drones capable of flying their lethal payloads the more than 1,500 kms that separate the Indian Ocean island chain from Somalia and the African mainland and back.
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drone operations from Æthiopia and Seychelles are nothing compared to the one at Camp Lemonnier. According to the report Lemonnier is the centerpiece of an expanding US network of drone and surveillance bases in Africa.
Washington has also been carrying out liquidation attacks using the unmanned aircraft in other countries including Afghanistan, Libya and Pakistain.