“President Trump ordered the Pentagon to pull nearly all U.S. troops out of Somalia, where for 13 years they have been fighting a low-intensity battle against the local al Qaeda affiliate, al-Shabaab,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Trump Orders Troops Out of Somalia
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