Somali-US air strikes kill Al-Shabaab fighters, hit weapons ship, says government – Middle East Monitor

Two joint Somali-US air strikes killed 12 Al-Shabaab fighters in central Somalia and destroyed a ship carrying weapons for the Al-Qaeda-linked group, the Somali government said on Thursday, following recent advances by the Islamists, Reuters has reported.

The air strikes came hours after the group attacked the strategic town of Adan Yabal, which lies about 245 km (150 miles) north of the capital, Mogadishu, and has been used as an operating base for raids on…