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Jilib Somalia

U.S. Airstrike Targets Al-Shabab Compound in Somalia

Feb. 18, 2020 | By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
A Feb. 17 U.S. airstrike took out an al-Shabab compound near Jilib, Somalia, U.S. Africa Command said the same day. The command didn't report whether any members of the terror organization were injured or killed in the attack. This was the fifth American airstrike that ...

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