Sunday August 14, 2022
By Mohamed Dhaysane
U.S. forces train Danab partner forces on radio and cloase air support, April 22, 2021. The U.S. and Danab forces work together and are commited to counter violent extremist organizations in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Asselta)
MOGADISHU (Xinhua) -- Somali and the United States forces on Sunday killed more than 13 al-Shabab militants including targeted leaders in an airstrike conducted in the Hiran region, central Somalia.
The Somali National Army (SNA) radio reported that among those killed in the ongoing counter-terrorism operations include senior al-Shabab commanders.
"Over 13 al-Shabab terrorists were killed including their commanders and their hideouts were destroyed in the U.S. airstrike to support the SNA's counter-terrorism operations in the Hiran region," the SNA Radio reported of the strike which took place at around 2 p.m.
The Sunday strike came hours after the SNA said its elite forces (Danab) successfully foiled seven landmine explosions planted by al-Shabab terrorists on the outskirts of Kismayo, southern Somalia.
The Somali forces and international partners have intensified security operations in the recent past against al-Shabab extremists in the southern and central regions in an attempt to liberate al-Shabab-held towns.