00:03Somalia's government says it's making progress in its long-running war against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militant group.
00:11Officials have announced they've reclaimed territory from the militants.
00:20There are new locations and settlements that were liberated from these militants that were under their control for the last
00:2618 years.
00:26They include several locations in Lower Shabelle, including Jalib Maka, Gendashi and Dahana.
00:33These places acted as their court, where they would call anyone they wanted to extort money from, especially the residents
00:40of Mogadishu.
00:41And thanks to God, we finally managed to control them, thanks to the Somali National Army.
00:54Analysts say US-backed airstrikes have also contributed to the government reclaiming territory.
01:08The hiding places of al-Shabaab were finally located, unlike in the past, and without drones and air attacks, that
01:14would not have been possible.
01:16Secondly, these attacks led to the destruction of their ammunition storage, their food storage and their water storage,
01:22and severely weakened their infantry forces as the drone managed to see the al-Shabaab infantry at a gaze.
01:34The US has carried out airstrikes in Somalia for more than a decade.
01:37At its peak, al-Shabaab once controlled the majority of southern and central Somalia, as well as parts of its
01:43capital.
01:43And historically, the War приб population control, which is the mission of the cities ofắc
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