Up to 14 alshabab militants have been killed in Dhabaq-Libey village under the newly liberated district of Adan Yabal in Hirshabelle state in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to the military officials.
Somalia’s Chief of Defense forces, brigadier general Odowa Yusuf Rage said that the Somali National Army and allied fighters have attacked the village after they got information about the militants were regrouping the area.
Last week, alshabab terrorists have forcefully driven out by the Somali government forces and local allied fighters the last and main stronghold town of Adan Yabal in Middle Shabelle province, which has been under the militants since 2016.
Social media circulated pictures showing that the dead bodies of the Khawarij militants lying on the ground.
In the recent, nationwide offensive against the militants have been successful for the government forces and the terrorist loses vast swathes of territories in Galmudug and Hirshabelle states.
