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US Army soldiers assigned to the 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force—Horn of Africa, provide security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during loading and unloading operations at a

US redeployment of troops to Somalia raises questions about ‘strategic endgame’

Military

The decision effectively reverses former President Donald Trump’s move in January 2021 to withdraw hundreds of US troops operating in Somalia. 

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