Biden authorizes return of hundreds of US troops to Somalia

US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, May 16.U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered the re-establishment of the U.S. military presence in Somalia to fight international terrorism, a senior White House official said. Africa to recreate a small permanent US military presence in Somalia,» he said during a telephone briefing for reporters. According to him, the contingent will number «less than 500» US troops, compared to 750 who were present there until former President Donald Trump did not curtail the operation. In Somalia, the US military countered the local terrorist group Al-Shabaab, which positions itself as an offshoot of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network * and has, according to expert estimates, 5-10 thousand militants. * Terrorist organization, banned in Russia.African Union peacekeepers in Somalia will become UN partners