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US drone strike kills 13 al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia

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A US drone strike in Somalia on Sunday killed 13 of his members of the terrorist group al-Shabab, the military said.

USAFR Command acknowledged the attack, noting that an initial assessment of the situation found no civilians injured or killed.

“U.S. African Command, in coordination with the Somali federal government, launched an airstrike on August 14 in a remote area near Tidan, Somalia, against al-Shabaab terrorists who were actively attacking the Somali National Army. We did," a spokesperson for the US Africa Command said in a statement.

The statement said the US military has the authority to "conduct strikes in defense of designated partner forces."

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{ 18 km south of Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, files) (AP)

The African Command and the Somali Federal Government have stated that "civilian casualties have been prevented."to "stay involved" in opposing al-Shabaab,andto carry out "indiscriminate attacks" against civilians. said he was going.

"Violent extremist groups like al-Shabaab pose a long-term threat to Somalia, the region and the interests of the United States," the statement said.

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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, al-Shabab fighters sit on a truck as they patrol in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File)

FILE - In this October 30, 2009 file photo, al-Shabaab fighters patrolling in Mogadishu, Somalia, drive a truck. I'm sitting (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File) (The Associated Press)

The strike was followed byPresident Biden transferring hundreds of dollars. This was done several months after the approval of Special Operations Forces to Somalia in May. 

A New York Times report that month estimated thatAl-Shabaab, al-Shabaab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, had up to 10,000 fighters. rice field.

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US airstrikes kill two al-Shabaab terrorists in response to attacks carried out against US partner forces in Somalia.

Fox News' Paul Tilsley contributed to this report.