{"id":418564,"date":"2023-07-09T10:54:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T07:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=418564"},"modified":"2023-07-09T11:49:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T08:49:45","slug":"over-40-al-shabaab-militants-killed-in-aerial-and-ground-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/over-40-al-shabaab-militants-killed-in-aerial-and-ground-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 40 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed in Aerial and Ground Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) &#8211; Over 40 Al-Shabaab militants, including leaders, were killed in an aerial and ground attack by the Somali National Army (SNA) with international support in Welmaro, a town 40 kilometers away from Afmadow in the Lower Jubba region of Somalia on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The attack, which took place at dawn, targeted a hideout where the terrorists were gathering and a weapons depot belonging to Al-Shabaab. The SNA forces, supported by airstrikes from international partners, were able to completely destroy the hideout and depot, as well as kill over 40 militants, including several high-ranking leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The SNA and its international partners have been stepping up their operations against Al-Shabaab in recent months, in an offensive to eradicate the group. The latest attack is a significant blow to Al-Shabaab and is a clear indication of the SNA&#8217;s determination to defeat the group.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defense (MOD) has confirmed the attack to the Somali National News Agency (SONNA), stating that at least 40 Al-Shabaab members were killed, including leaders.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-418568\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/befunky_2023-6-0_11-38-39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/befunky_2023-6-0_11-38-39.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/befunky_2023-6-0_11-38-39-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-418569\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"926\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0005.jpg 926w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0005-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0005-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0005-860x594.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-418570\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0004.jpg 556w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0004-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-418571\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"765\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0002.jpg 765w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230709-WA0002-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) &#8211; Over 40 Al-Shabaab militants, including leaders, were killed in an aerial and ground attack by the Somali National Army (SNA) with international support in Welmaro, a town 40 kilometers away from Afmadow in the Lower Jubba region of Somalia on Sunday morning. The attack, which took place at dawn, targeted a hideout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":400231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1419,1414,1418,1420,1425,1427,1424,1422,1417,1423,1406,1426,1421],"class_list":{"0":"post-418564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local","8":"tag-aerial","9":"tag-al-shabaab","10":"tag-attack","11":"tag-ground","12":"tag-hideout","13":"tag-high-ranking","14":"tag-international-partners","15":"tag-lower-jubba-region","16":"tag-militants","17":"tag-sna","18":"tag-somalia","19":"tag-weapons-depot","20":"tag-welmaro"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418564"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418572,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418564\/revisions\/418572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}