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The Ministry of Information said two airstrikes hit Al-Shabaab firing positions at mid morning between Baadweyn and Amara towns in Galmudug State. The strike is the second in about ten days and the third one since. With a personnel of close to 600 troops the US Africa Command recently expressed a desire to continue staying in Somalia until 2022. And with this progress the New York Times reported the US Africa.

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Carried out 63 airstrikes against al-Shabab in 2019 and 53 airstrikes in 2020.

Us Airstrikes 2022 Map Somalia Al Shabaab. Previous airstrikes took place July 20 and 23 in the same vicinity. Africa Command said Monday. That marked a 24 percent increase from 2018 and a nearly 200 percent increase from 2016.

In a statement it said the military exercise focused on al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab militants in two locations. Pentagon spokeswoman Cindi King indicated the operation took place in the vicinity of Galkayo Somalia which is a city in the countrys center according to. MOGADISHU HORN OBSERVER Two mid level al-Shabaab officials are among several killed after a suspected US airstrikes targeted the groups strongholds in Jamame and in Haway in the countrys southern regions of Lower Jubba and Lower Shabel.

The pace of strikes against Shabaabs network in Somalia has intensified despite reports that the US military is seeking to disengage from the war-torn country. The United States began ramping up engagement in Somalia last year conducting 72 air or drone strikes against al-Shabaab according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project a US-based nonprofit. The group targets security forces government officials and civilians in its cowardly attacks mainly using IEDs and VBIEDs.

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