Somalia captures senior Islamic State commander
A senior commander of the Somalia wing of the Islamic State was captured on Monday, according to state media. This comes just two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against them. Abdi Ismail Samatar, a professor at the University of Minnesota and a senator in the Somali parliament, tells VOA’s Douglas Mpuga, the action of the US armed forces was a welcome move
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