SOMALIA, Jawahar: In a handout photograph taken 10 December and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 12 December, soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) are silhouetted against the setting sun in the town of Jawahar in Middle Shabelle region north of the Somali capital Mogadisu. SNA forces supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) captured the town of Jawahar, 90km north of Mogadishu, on 9 December from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab encountering little resistance as they entered the strategic and economically important
SOMALIA, Jawahar: In a handout photograph taken 10 December and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 12 December, soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) are silhouetted against the setting sun in the town of Jawahar in Middle Shabelle region north of the Somali capital Mogadisu. SNA forces supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) captured the town of Jawahar, 90km north of Mogadishu, on 9 December from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab encountering little resistance as they entered the strategic and economically important capital of Middle Shabelle region. Jawahar was one of the last remaining urban areas under the Shabaab's control who have lost large swathes of territory and major towns across Somalia over the last 18 months following sustained security operations against them by combined SNA and AMISOM forces. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
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