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Somalia: US airstrike kills some 24 al-Shabaab fighters

At least 24 al-Shabaab militants were killed in a U.S. airstrike in central Somalia on Wednesday, according to the U.S. military. The airstrike hit near Shebeeley in the central region of Hiran, said a statement by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). “At this time, it was assessed no...

Syrians in Hajin desperate to go home

: In the former militant bastion of Hajin in eastern Syria, 50-year-old Khaled Abed shouts at the top of his lungs amid the rubble, asking why he can’t go home. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces expelled Daesh (ISIS) from the town last month, but it has since forbidden anyone from...

In former IS bastion, displaced Syrians clamour to go home

In the former jihadist bastion of Hajin in eastern Syria, 50-year-old Khaled Abed shouts at the top of his lungs amid the rubble, asking why he can't go home. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expelled the Islamic State group from the town last month, but it has since forbidden...