Somalia: 5 al-Shabaab members killed in single U.S. airstrike
A March 10 U.S. airstrike killed five al-Shabaab targets in Somalia without harming any civilians, U.S. Africa Command reported.
The strike was carried out near Janaale, which is located about 75 kilometers (or approximately 47 miles) southwest of Mogadishu in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, and was coordinated with Somalia’s federal government, the command said.
The attack—the fifth U.S. strike in Somalia this month—brings the number of al-Shabaab militants killed by American airstrikes in March into the double digits.