Somalia

A bombing at a military checkpoint in Mogadishu killed a Somali soldier and wounded 12 others. After taking control of northern Mogadishu, Shabaab vowed to overrun the Presidential Palace.

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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