Large-scale offensive targets Al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia
Somali forces, backed by US air support, strike Al-Shabaab in central region
MOGADISHU — Somali security forces, with support from the United States Africa Command, say they killed at least 12 fighters from the militant group Al-Shabaab in a planned operation this week in central Somalia — a raid officials cast as a tactical victory but one that also lays bare the persistent challenges facing the fragile federal government.
The operation took place in the Ceel-dhiiqo Weyne area of Galgaduud, a windswept region that has…