Al-Shabaab Launches Attack on US Military Base in Somalia, Officials Say

Somalis watch the wreckage of the car bomb after an attack on a European Union military convoy in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia on Sept. 30, 2019. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Photo

Somalia’s al-Shabaab launched two attacks on American and European military targets in the East African nation, said officials.

The Somali army said that it fought back against al-Shabaab, an organization designated by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist group, as it attempted to storm Belidogle military airstrip. The base holds U.S. and Somali forces, The Associated Press reported.