The mission stated in a report that “the joint operation with the Somali armed forces to retake the town of Brier on August 1 resulted in heavy losses for the terrorists, with more than 50 Al-Shabaab militants killed and others seriously injured.
The Somali Intelligence and Security Agency announced on July 14 that 15 militants from the extremist Al-Shabaab movement were eliminated and 5 others were wounded in airstrikes on the Lower Shabelle region in the south of the country.
In 2022, the Somali government and allied forces began a campaign to expel the Al-Shabaab movement, which is linked to the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda [banned in Russia and many other countries], from certain areas in the central part of the country, but the movement continues to carry out major attacks.
