The al Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab claimed an attack that killed three Emirati troops and a Bahraini military officer on a training mission at a military base in the Somali capital, authorities said on Sunday. Saturday’s attack targeted the troops at the General Gordon Military Base in Mogadishu. Few details were available about the attack […]
Tag: alShabab
UN helicopter and passengers seized by al-Shabab
The Somali armed Islamist group al-Shabab has seized a United Nations helicopter, along with about eight people, both passengers and crew, local sources have told the BBC. The helicopter landed in territory controlled by the group in central Somalia. Some reports said it had been forced to make an emergency landing, while others said the […]