Withdrawing soldiers from Somalia – On Dec. 5, the BBC reported the US Department of Defense said that US President Donald Trump With the withdrawal of most US troops from Somalia by Jan. 15, 2021, the US has 700 troops in Somalia to help Somali soldiers fight al-Shabab militants and Islamic State forces, or IA. S Trump previously ordered cuts of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Due to the high cost and inefficiency
U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Martin, junior sniper, assigned to the 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during unloading operations at an unidentified location in Somalia Sunday, June 28, 2020. No country has been involved in Somalia’s future as much as the United States but now the Trump administration is thinking of withdrawing the several hundred U.S. military troops from the nation at what some experts call the worst possible time. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano/Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa via AP)
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