Somali commandos destroy Al-Shabaab base in Southern Somalia-Defence HQs

Somali government said on Tuesday  that its elite forces destroyed several military sites in Middle Jubba where Al-Shabaab used to organise attacks against the government and the African Union forces.

Somali Ministry for Defense said US trained Somali Commandos (Danab) carried out operations in Sanguni town where the forces destroyed training bases.

“We were able to eliminate secret sites which Al-Shabaab carried out its subversive operations against government in the capital and other regions,” said the ministry in a statement.

The government did not say the number of Al-Shabaab fighters killed the raid.

Danab comprises two units adding up to 120 men in total, according to officials very close to the Somali National Intelligence Agency, which commands the force.

Somali elite forces and US forces have in the recent past conducted covert operations in Middle Jubba and Lower Shabelle, some of the two regions which Al-Shabaab still controls.