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    <text>Al Shabaab militant carried out several attacks in Middle Shabelle, Hiiraan regions of Hirshabelle and Lower Shabelle region from South West State of Somalia. the group has captured at least 15 settlements from Federal Government of Somalia forces since 20 February. The main group main offensive was to capture Mogadishu. </text>
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      <text>Al-Shabaab launched a coordinated attack on four Somali military bases in Middle Shabelle, killing and wounding dozens of Somali National Army soldiers. The militant claimed responsibility, stating it had captured officers, military vehicles, weapons and ammunition. Somali authorities, however, said they repelled the attack, killing at least 130 militant fighters. Southern Somalia </text>
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    <text>Al-Shabaab launches a coordinated attack on four Somali military bases in Middle Shabelle, Somalia, killing and wounding dozens of soldiers. Somali authorities say they repelled the attack, killing at least 130 militant fighters. </text>
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      <text>At least 50 combats were killed after fighting between Al-Shabaab and Somali National Army along with Macawiisley militias. The clashes happened in the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions of Hirshabelle state of Somalia. </text>
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    <text>At least 50 combatants are killed after fighting between Al-Shabaab and the Somali National Army and allied Ma'awisley militias in the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions of Hirshabelle state, Somalia. </text>
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      <text>Three people are killed and nine others are injured in Israeli airstrikes in Sidon, Lebanon. </text>
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      <text>Four people are killed and 17 others are injured when a truck crashes into several stopped vehicles on Interstate 96 near Webberville, Michigan, United States. </text>
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      <text>Three people were killed and several others were injured after Al-Shabaab fired several mortar shells into the Halane base camp of Mogadishu, Somalia. </text>
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    <text>Al-Shabaab bombs several businesses in the Tabelaha Sheikh Ibrahim neighborhood of Mogadishu, Somalia, targeting shops that had complied with the government's directive to install CCTV cameras. </text>
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      <text>Six people are killed and nine more injured during an Al-Shabaab suicide car bombing outside a military facility in Lower Shabelle, Somalia. </text>
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    <text>Six people are killed and nine others injured during an Al-Shabaab suicide car bombing outside a military facility in Lower Shabelle, Somalia. </text>
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      <text>Six civilians and a soldier are killed and several others, including Somalia's internal security minister, are injured when al-Shabaab jihadists attack a hotel in Mogadishu frequented by Somali politicians. Six of the attackers are also killed. </text>
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    <text>Islamist militants launch two attacks against foreign forces in Somalia. A U.S. military base in Baledogle, Lower Shabelle, is stormed by attackers using two car bombs and guns, and an Italian peacekeeping convoy is targeted by additional bombs in Mogadishu. United States and Italian authorities both state no injuries occurred, although the suicide bombing against the Italian convoy destroyed a military vehicle and heavily damaged nearby buildings. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for both attacks. </text>
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