Monday, May 16, 2022

US to Return Several Hundred Troops to Somalia

 The New York Times published on 16 May 2022 an article titled "Biden Approves Plan to Redeploy Several Hundred Ground Forces into Somalia" by Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt.

The Trump administration removed US troops from Somalia just days before the inauguration of  President Biden in 2021.  The Biden administration just announced it plans to deploy several hundred Special Operations forces inside Somalia to train Somali troops and to track down the leaders of the al-Shabaab terrorist organization.