US Military Pulls Last Troops From Somalia – By Harun Maruf (US News) / January 17 2021
The United States military has completed withdrawing troops from Somalia, according to the U.S. Africa Command.
AFRICOM spokesperson Colonel Christopher P. Karns confirmed to VOA Somali that the repositioning of the troops was completed ahead of the deadline in a presidential directive last December ordering the troop removal by mid-January.
The number of U.S. military personnel in Somalia ranged from 650 to 800 people. U.S. troops supported and mentored an elite Somali unit known as the Danab “lightning” brigade.
Karns said a “very limited” U.S. presence remains in Somalia.
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