US Launches ‘Self-defense Assaults’ against Al-Shabaab Terrorists in Somalia

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) declared that it propelled an airstrike against Al-Shabaab, Al Qaeda's branch in Somalia, while US advisors went with Somali and African Union troops in a counterterrorism operation on Jan. 7. AFRICOM depicted the hostile under the pretense of a "self-protection strike," as it did on nine different events in 2016, when...