Somalia’s Defense Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur said the latest onslaught by joint forces’ managed to neutralize the al-Shabab militants who were reorganizing in readiness for an attack against soft targets.<\/p>\n
Nur did not comment on whether there were casualties on the side of the army that has intensified the airstrikes and ground operations against the al-Qaeda-linked militants in their stronghold of central and southern Somalia.<\/p>\n
The latest military onslaught against al-Shabab was conducted a day after the defense minister bid farewell to thousands of troops who completed training and were ready to join the operation against armed groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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