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Kenya Defense Forces in Nairobi in 2013. (AFP)

Suspected Shabaab Militants Shoot Dead Kenyan Govt. Official

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 16, 2017 | World

Gunmen from the suspected al-Shabaab militant group shot and killed a government official in northeast Kenya on Monday, announced the police. It said that militants from the Somali group burst into the administrative chief’s house and shot him dead late on Monday. The...

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Al Shabaab militants parade new recruits after arriving in Mogadishufrom their training camp south of the capital in this October 21, 2010 file photo. The United States has carried out an air strike in Somalia, killing more than 150 fighters with the al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab, following U.S. intelligence on preparations for a large-scale militant attack, the Pentagon said on March 7, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/Files

US Navy SEAL Killed in Somalia Clash with Al Shabaab Militants

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 5, 2017 | Middle East

A United States Navy SEAL was killed and two troops wounded in a clash with al Shabaab militants in Somalia, US officials said on Friday. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the man killed was a US Navy SEAL. It was not immediately clear whether...

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Relatives carry the body of their kin killed in an attack at beachside restaurant Beach View Cafe on Lido beach, in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Blasts Heard across Somalia’s Capital on Eve of Vote

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 7, 2017 | World

About three blasts, suspected to be resulted from mortar shelling, was heard on Tuesday across the Somali capital where the authorities had imposed a security lock down on the eve of a presidential vote. No immediate reports of casualties or claims of responsibility...

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Al-Shabaab Attacks a Kenyan Military Base in Somalia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2017 | World

The militant group Al-Shabaab yesterday launched an attack on a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia. This is the second attack that the group that has links to Al-Qaeda has carried out this week. The attack on the Kulbiyow base where Kenyan soldiers are deployed...

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Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility For Suicide Attacks in Somalia

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 3, 2017 | World

Five people including two suicide bombers were killed and five others were wounded when two car bombs exploded near Mogadishu’s international airport. A car bomb exploded near the main base of the African Union peacekeeping force, AMISOM. The base is the force’s...