Somalia, U.S. forces kill al Shabaab leader behind numerous attacks in region – official
SOMALI and U.S. forces have killed a senior leader of the militant Islamist al Shabaab group who had planned numerous attacks in Somalia and Kenya, Somalia's information minister said. "Maalim Ayman ... was confirmed to have been killed in a joint operation by the Somali National Army with assistance from US forces on December 17th," Daud Aweis said on his X account late on Thursday. "Ayman was accountable for planning multiple lethal terrorist attacks in Somalia and nearby countries," he said. The U.S. military's Africa Command (AFRICOM) had conducted an air strike, an AFRICOM spokesperson said but added that the…