Joint US-Somali Offensive Liberates Highway Checkpoints, Destroy Explosives In Lower Shabelle

A joint military operation announced earlier in the week between US troops and Somali troops has begun clearing villages and areas held by al Shabaab in southern Somalia. The operation active in the country’s Lower Shabelle region has reported heavy gunfire and a huge exodus of people believed to be al Shabaab militants. Somali officials...