Somalia

More than 50 Somalis and Ethiopian troops were killed and 80 were wounded in a series of clashes from Aug. 15-16. Ethiopian troops killed more than 40 Somali civilians in a bus after being ambushed. Thirteen Somalis and Ethiopians were killed after Shabaab forces ambushed Ethiopian troops in Beletwein. Shabaab forces ambushed President Yusuf’s convoy in Mogadishu.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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