Somalia: Ex Somali President Urges Trump to Collaborate' to Fight Al-Shabaab

The U.S. military should make avoiding civilian casualties in Somalia "a top priority" after President Donald Trump signed a directive loosening restrictions on airstrikes in the country, Somalia's former president tells Newsweek.

Trump approved a U.S. military request to provide "additional precision fires" targeting al-Shabab, an Islamist militant group with ties to al-Qaeda, according to a Pentagon statement on March 30. The presidential directive gives U.S. forces greater freedom to attack suspected militants but has raised concerns that more civilians could be mistakenly targeted.

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