Unknown fighter jets thought to be belonging to US military conducted an airstrike against Al shabaab base in Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia, the latest in a string of aerial assaults on the militants by foreign forces.
The foreign forces using helicopters have targeted Al Shabaab’s Ibrahim Ali Berre camp, located about 120 miles north-west of the capital Mogadishu, sources said.
Reliable sources tell IdaleNews.com that several Al shabaab foreign commanders were nabbed in a ground military operation at Ibrahim Ali Berre near Tararow district after the airstrike.
U.S. forces which provides military support to western-backed weak Somalia’s federal government carried out numerous air strikes in southern Somalia in recent months, targeting Al Shabaab bases, which successfully killed many senior leaders of the group.
