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US air strikes in Somalia killed 37 militants, Pentagon says

A US Air Force fighter jet. The US military says it has killed 37 Shabaab militants in an airstrike on Monday in Somalia. PHOTO | FILE

By  AFP

US air strikes in Somalia killed an estimated 37 fighters from the militant Islamist group Al-Shabaab, the US military said Tuesday.

The two air strikes were carried out Monday near Debatscile, the military's Africa command said in a statement, adding that the "air strikes did not injure or kill any civilians."

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