Somalia

Shabaab leaders revealed earlier today on Paltalk that the group would announce the establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Somalia very soon. Shabaab has made overtures to merge with Al Qaeda over the past several weeks.

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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