Somalia

Fuad Mohammed Shonghole, a top Shabaab military commander, threatened to target the US. “We will cut their throats wherever we find them,” he said. The UN implored Shabaab and Hizbul Islam to end the occupation of medical clinics in Mogadishu. Pirates hijacked a Taiwanese freighter.

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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