Somalia Confirms Top Shebab Official Killed in U.S. Airstrike
A top intelligence official with Somalia's al-Qaida-affliated Shebab rebels was killed in a U.S. airstrike on Monday, Somalia's government said.
"In a joint operation last night by the Somali national security and the United States, al-Shebab intelligence chief Abdishakur, also known as Tahlil, who replaced the recently arrested former chief, was eliminated," Somalia's National Security Agency said in a statement Tuesday.
Source: Agence France Presse
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