JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military has announced the latest of several deadly airstrikes this week against al-Shabab extremists in Somalia as it targets a region well north of where the al-Qaida-linked fighters control large parts of the country.
The U.S. Africa Command statement says two new strikes killed six fighters and destroyed a weapons cache on Wednesday near Harardere. That al-Shabab-controlled community last month was targeted by the deadliest U.S. airstrike in almost a year, with dozens of extremists killed.
The U.S. has now carried out 35 airstrikes this year against al-Shabab, Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group.
Two airstrikes on Monday killed 37 extremists and one on Tuesday killed seven.
This week's airstrikes have been carried out in Mudug region, well north of the capital, Mogadishu.
