Al-Shabaab claims hundreds dead in ambush on Somali troops

Deadly Al-Shabaab ambush strikes Somali army as security crisis mounts

Al-Shabaab claimed to have killed 321 troops and taken prisoners, weapons and vehicles during the three-hour ambush.

Al-Shabaab claims hundreds dead in ambush on Somali troops

Turkey has emerged as a key backer of the Somali government at a time when the United States and other key donors are pulling back from supporting the counter-i

Government Claims Victory as Reports Allege Heavy Federal Losses Near Buurhakaba

JAMEECO, BUURHAKABA (WDN) — Somalia’s federal government has claimed victory over Al-Shabaab, but accounts from the battlefield paint a sharply different picture: federal troops allegedly suffered heavy losses near Jameeco and withdrew towards Lower Shabelle following an assault attributed to Al-Shabaab fighters. The conflicting accounts raise questions about the outcome of a major reported clash...

Al-Shabab claims it killed 321 Somali troops and allied fighters in ambush - The Copenhagen Post

The militant Islamist group al-Shabab claims it killed 321 Somali government soldiers and allied militia fighters in an ambush Monday in the Lower Shabelle region, south of Mogadishu. The death toll has not been independently confirmed. Somalia’s government did not immediately respond to a request for comment from AFP. In a statement relayed by SITE […]

Dozens Feared Dead in Somalia Clashes With Al-Shabaab

Somali government forces and Al-Shabaab militants have given conflicting accounts of casualty figures following fierce clashes in the Lower Shabelle region on Monday, with both sides claiming to have inflicted heavy losses on the other. The Al-Qaeda-linked group has been fighting the government for two decades and still controls large swathes of central Somalia despite a massive international operation against it. It said it launched an attack o…