The Washington Post published on 10 December 2022 an article titled "U.S. Troops Are Back in Somalia and Scrambling to Help Its Special Forces" by Katharine Houreld.
At the end of its term, the Trump Administration pulled all American troops out of Somalia who were mostly training a Somali government special forces unit known as Danab to counter the al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist organization known as al-Shabaab. As a result, Danab's ability to counter al-Shabaab deteriorated significantly. The Biden administration sent U.S. forces back to Somalia to resume the training of Danab in country.
