US airstrike kills 35 al-Shabab fighters in Somalia
By DW
26 February 2019 |
1:53 pm
"Precision strikes" have killed 35 al-Shabab fighters as the group was attempting to "mass their forces" in Somalia, the US military has said. The group had recently claimed responsibility for a car bomb in Mogadishu.
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