US, Somali Forces Raid Al-Shabab Base

U.S. and Somali special forces conducted a joint raid early Tuesday on an al-Shabab base, killing or capturing an unknown number of the extremist group’s militants.   Somali security official Mohamed Nur Gabow told VOA Somali that U.S. forces played a "lead role" in the operation targeting al-Shabab officials.  Residents in the village of Toratorow, about 100 kilometers southwest of the Eastern African country’s capital of Mogadishu, said soldiers dropped from...

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