U.S. and Somali Strikes on Shabab Said to Kill Nearly 100 Militants

U.S. and Somali Strikes on Shabab Said to Kill Nearly 100 Militants<br />More than a dozen militants were killed in a United States airstrike 20 miles north of the capital<br />of Mogadishu, according to Samantha Reho, a spokeswoman with the United States Africa Command.<br />11, 2017<br />MOGADISHU, Somalia — Nearly 100 members of the Shabab, the Qaeda-linked insurgent group in Somalia,<br />were killed in separate strikes this week, according to Somali and American officials.<br />Separately, the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency killed 81 Shabab fighters<br />earlier this week in Jilib, in southern Somalia, government officials said on Saturday.<br />Last Friday, United States forces carried out airstrikes against an Islamic State-affiliated<br />Shabab splinter group, operating in the central Somali region of Puntland.<br />On Thursday, airstrikes killed "several militants" in the Bay region, about 100<br />miles west of Mogadishu, according to a statement from the Africa Command.<br />The United States Mission in Somalia the next day directed nonessential personnel to leave<br />Mogadishu indefinitely, citing a specific threat against Americans in the city.