U.S. Airstrikes, Somali Troops Killed at Least Seven Children in a November Offensive

U.S. Airstrikes, Somali Troops Killed at Least Seven Children in a November Offensive

U.S. airstrikes and Somali government ground troops, including a militia trained by the U.S., killed at least 11 civilians, including seven children—one as young as seven months—during an operation on an al-Shabaab stronghold in southern Somalia last month.Drop Site News spoke to four witnesses of the attack from Jaaame, a major town in the Lower Jubba region, that has been under control of al-Shabaab—an al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group—for de…