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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

al-Shabaab

Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack in Mogadishu on August 3, 2024. (Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP)
August 3, 2024, 12:13 pm
At least 32 killed in Islamist suicide bombing, shooting attack on busy Mogadishu beach
Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group, claims responsibility for attack on popular Lido beach area; police kill five gunmen in addition to suicide bomber
By AFP
Illustrative: Destruction caused by Hamas terrorists on October 7, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, seen on November 2, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
December 30, 2023, 6:38 am
New Jersey man inspired by Oct. 7 charged with trying to join Somalia’s al-Shabaab
Karrem Nasr, a US citizen, traveled from Egypt to Kenya in attempt to join and train with jihadist group, US Southern District of New York says
By Luke Tress
File: Hundreds of newly trained al-Shabaab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18 km south of Mogadishu, Somalia (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
December 25, 2022, 1:58 pm
14 fishermen return to Iran years after kidnapping by Somalia’s Al-Shabaab
Men welcomed in a special ceremony at Tehran airport, some as many as 8 years after their abduction in international waters
By AFP
Security forces patrol near the Hayat Hotel after an attack by Al-Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu on August 20, 2022. (Hassan Ali ELMI / AFP)
August 21, 2022, 1:57 am
Somali forces say they regained control of hotel after deadly jihadist siege
Security commander says all holed-up Al-Shabaab gunmen have been killed, but doesn’t update death toll after earlier reports revealed 20 dead, 40 injured
By Agencies
Security officers patrol near the the site of explosions in Mogadishu, Somalia, on August 20, 2022. (Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP)
August 20, 2022, 3:19 pm
Somali official raises death toll in Mogadishu hotel attack to 13
Security commander says most civilians who were at hotel when jihadist group al-Shabaab launched assault have been rescued
By AFP
Security forces patrol near the Hayat Hotel after an attack by Al-Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu on August 20, 2022. (Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP)
August 20, 2022, 9:02 am
At least 10 killed as jihadists storm hotel in Somali capital
Islamic extremist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for attack in Mogadishu; no immediate word on identifies of victims
By Omar Faruk
Destroyed building of Mocaasir primary and secondary school is seen at a bomb explosion site in Mogadishu, Somalia, on November 25, 2021. (AFP)
November 25, 2021, 2:13 pm
8 killed in bombing in Somalian capital claimed by Al-Shabaab
Car bomb goes off near Mogadishu school, seriously damaging building and injuring students, with al-Qaeda-linked group taking responsibility
By AFP
Horst Seehofer (CSU), Federal Minister of the Interior, for Construction and Home Affairs, presents the case figures of politically motivated crime for the year 2020 at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin, Germany, May 4, 2021. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
May 5, 2021, 12:09 pm
Germany bans fundraising group, saying it aids Hamas, other terror organizations
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer says Ansaar International ‘finances terrorism worldwide with donations’ while purporting to support charitable projects for Muslims
By AFP
Medical personnel carry a civilian who was wounded in suicide car bomb attack at check point in Mogadishu, Somalia, December 28, 2019. (Farah Abdi Warsame/AP)
December 31, 2019, 1:30 pm
Somalia’s al-Shabaab extremists claim deadly bombing that killed 79
Jihadist group’s spokesman says Saturday attack targeted ‘hostile Turkish convoy’ – an apparent reference to two of that country’s citizens, brothers, who were among dead
By Abdi Guled
Rescue workers from Somalia and Turkey carry a woman on a stretcher , that was wounded in the December 28, 2019 car bomb explosion in Mogadishu, before being evacuated to Turkey for medical treatment, at the Adan Adde international airport in Mogadishu on December 29, 2019. (Photo by Abdirazak Hussein FARAH / AFP)
December 30, 2019, 4:44 am
US strikes in Somalia kill four terrorists after deadly car bomb
US Africa Command says it conducted 3 airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab members, a day after Somalia’s deadliest attack in two years killed 79
By AFP
A soldier stands guard near wreckage of vehicles in Mogadishu after a car bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia, December 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsame)
December 28, 2019, 12:14 pm
At least 90 killed by truck bomb in Somalia’s capital
No immediate claim of responsibility for blast during rush hour, but al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab has previously conducted similar attacks
By Abdi Guled
Illustrative: Somali people gather near destroyed buildings after a car bomb detonated in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo / Farah Abdi Warsameh)
July 13, 2019, 12:51 pm
26 dead in jihadist assault on Somalia hotel
At least 10 foreigners among those killed during attack in port city of Kismayo; al-Qaeda linked al-Shabaab claims responsibility
By Abdi Guled
In this grab taken from security camera footage released to the local media, heavily armed attackers walk in the compound of a hotel, in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 15, 2019. (Security Camera Footage via AP)
January 16, 2019, 8:14 pm
Terror group says deadly Kenya attack over Trump recognition of Jerusalem
Al-Shabaab claims assault on upscale hotel complex in which 14 killed, including American who survived 9/11
By ToI Staff and AP
This frame taken from video shows a scene of an explosion in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, January 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Josphat Kasire)
January 15, 2019, 3:59 pm
Blast, gunfire in terror attack at Nairobi hotel, office complex
Al-Qaeda-affiliated group claims responsibility for explosion at upscale area of Kenyan capital; number of casualties still unknown
By Fran Blandy and Raphael AMBASU
Illustrative photo of a US Predator B drone (photo credit: AP/Eric Gay/File)
November 4, 2017, 1:56 am
US strikes Islamic State in Somalia for first time
Up until now, American forces in region have only targeted jihadists from the al-Qaeda-aligned Shabaab rebel group
By AFP
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