US airstrike kills ISIS-Somalia’s ‘second in command’
Washington CNN — The US military conducted an airstrike Sunday that killed Abdulhakim Dhuqub, a high ranking ISIS-Somalia official. US Africa Command, which oversees US military operations on the continent, said in a statement Monday that the strike targeted a vehicle near Xiriiro, Bari Region. The statement refers to Dhuqub as the terror affiliate’s “second in command,” saying he “was responsible for the daily operations of the extremist group, attack planning, and resource procurement.” ISIS’ Somalia branch is a relatively small affiliate of the terror group, commanding fewer than 150 fighters according to US defense officials. Progress “We continue to work with our Somali partners to keep pressure on the al-Shabaab and ISIS-Somalia terror networks,” Maj. Gen. Gregg Olson, the US Africa Command director of operations, said in the statement. American military officers, diplomats and USAID officials all tell CNN that Somalia is making progress in its fight against ISIS and the Al Shabaab insurgency, citing battlefield gains and economic and security sector reforms being made by the country’s Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre.
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