The Somali army announced today, Saturday, the death of at least 20 militants from the Al-Shabaab militia as a result of a special military operation carried out by the army in the city of "Kentowari," located in the Lower Shabelle region of the Southwest state.

The Somali News Agency "SONA" reported, citing military officers, that the operation achieved its intended goal, as the terrorists were eliminated while they were in one of the houses in the city of Kentowari in the region.

The Somali Minister of Interior, Federal Affairs, and Reconciliation, Ahmed Maalim Fiqi, announced earlier today, Saturday, that the Somali army had destroyed a terrorist stronghold in the Galmudug regional state in the center of the country, where a military operation was carried out targeting a stronghold attributed to the Al-Shabaab terrorist militia linked to Al-Qaeda.