The Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen terrorist group claimed the killing of more than 200 Ugandan troops in a raid by militants of the group on the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) base on the outskirts of the town of Buulo Mareer in the Lower Shebelle region of southern Somalia.
ISWNews Analysis Group – The al-Kata’ib Foundation, the media arm of the Somali al-Shabaab terrorist group, released a blurred image of emir of the group Ahmed Diriye aka Sheikh Ahmed Umar Abu Ubaidah for the first time.
ISWNews Analysis Group: US aircraft bombed Al-Shabaab positions near the town of Qeycad in the Galmudug state on July 23.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Al-Shabab group targeted US, Kenyan and Somali troops with a car bomb in the village of Jana Abdalle, killing 2 members of Somali Special Forces and wounding 1 US military service member.
