Unknown fighter jets carry out airstrike on Al-Shabaab strongholds

[Deeq A.]

Unspecified warplanes have launched an overnight airstrike
targeting Al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia, the latest in a series of aerial
bombings in the country, some claimed by the US military.

Sources said the fighter jets bombed Awdheegle and Janaale
towns in Lower Shabelle region, close to the Somali capital, Mogadishu. There
was no immediate confirming of the casualties of the attack.

At least seven missiles fired by the warplanes were reported
to have stricken residential areas in Awdheegle, but, details of the losses
remained sketchy.

Heavy gunfight erupted between militants and foreign forces
in the town of Janaale following the undercover raid which comes amid joint
military operation by Somali and AU troops in the region.

Al-Shabaab and Somali government both did not speak about
the airstrike

U.S. military ramped out airstrikes in Somalia, targeting
Al-Shabaab and Islamic State militants since Trump came into office in early
2017.

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