The US government claimed to have killed two Alshabab fighters with an airstrike near Bulobarde district in Hiiran region. U.S Africa Command said the militants killed in the air strike were attacking Somali National Army Forces. It assessed that no civilians were injured or killed in the air strike.
Last week, the US government sanctioned over a dozen al-Shabab financial facilitators who act as the organization’s top negotiators with regional businesses in Somalia.
The US government said it killed 27 al Shabab fighters last month in an airstrike in Somalia’s central Hiran region. AFRICOM said that the operation was carried out in support of Somali troops being attacked by al Shabab fighters near Buulobarde.
The federal government of Somalia recently claimed that al Shabab has suffered heavy casualties over the last three months due to the increasing offenses against the group.
