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Operation Indian Ocean
2014–2015 Somali–AMISOM–US mission against al-Shabaab / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Operation Indian Ocean was a joint military operation between the Somali military, AMISOM and the United States military against the Al-Shabaab militant group aimed at eliminating the remaining insurgent-held areas in southern Somalia. It officially began in August 2014.
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Part of the Somali Civil War (2009–present) | |||||||
![]() AMISOM soldier on a hill at Barawe, one of the towns captured during the operation | |||||||
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![]() (Ahmad Godane) † ![]() | ||||||
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over 700 militants surrender[32]
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