An al-Shabaab member during training in northern Mogadishu, Somalia. File photo MOSCOW, July 29 Ethiopian troops killed 150 militants of the radical Islamist group Al-Shabaab who were trying to penetrate the east of the country from the territory of Somalia, ENA reports, citing the Ethiopian military. It is reported that the militants made an attempt to attack the area located on the border of the two countries and break into Ethiopia, but their attack was repulsed by the Ethiopian armed forces. The radical Islamist group Al-Shabab (Young Mujahideen Movement), based in Somalia, has close ties with international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda*. It wages an armed struggle against the central government of Somalia and obstructs the humanitarian activities of the UN. The United States regularly strikes at Al-Shabaab positions. *A terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation Lavrov said
