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Turkish doctors transport a critically wounded man on a stretcher to a waiting Turkish air ambulance to airlift injured patients for treatment in Turkey, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Oct,16, 2017. The death toll from Saturday's truck bombing in Somalia's capital now exceeds 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as the country reeled from the deadliest single attack. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalia truck bombing toll over 300, scores remain missing

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

Ambulances carrying wounded victims passes the scene of Saturday's truck bomb blast, as they head to airport to be airlifted by Turkish air ambulance for treatment in Turkey, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Oct, 16, 2017. The death toll from Saturday's truck bombing in Somalia's capital now exceeds 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as the country reeled from the deadliest single attack. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

After bombing, Somalia fears renewed al-Shabab onslaught

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Critically wounded men wait to be moved into a Turkish air ambulance plane to airlift injured patients for treatment in Turkey, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Oct,16, 2017. The death toll from Saturday's truck bombing in Somalia's capital now exceeds 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as the country reeled from the deadliest single attack. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalia truck bombing toll over 300 as funerals continue

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

US says drone strikes in Somalia kill 6 al-Shabab members

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

Somalis observe bodies which were brought to and displayed in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. A number of civilians are dead after a raid by foreign and Somali forces on a farm in Barire village in southern Somalia, according to the deputy governor of Lower Shabelle region. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

10 civilians, including kids, dead in US-backed Somalia raid

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

In this Monday April 17, 2017 photo, Confederation of African Football President Ahmad Ahmad, right, and Somali Sports Minister Khadija Mohamed Dirie, left, poses for a photo during a tour to a soccer stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia. Ahmad arrived in the Somali capital on Monday in a historic visit by the highest-ranking soccer leader to the long-chaotic horn of African nation. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

New African soccer boss open to Somalia hosting games again

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

Hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18 km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia, in this Feb. 17, 2011, file photo. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

Car bomb kills at least 7 at restaurant in Somalia’s capital

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, centre, walks inside the U.N. compound during his visit to Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday , March 7, 2017. Guterres is conducting high level talks including with Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, to start of what he calls an emergency visit to highlight the country's famine crisis. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Antonio Guterres, U.N. chief, in Somalia on emergency visit to focus on famine

By Khaled Kazziha - Associated Press

Somali soldiers providing security stand near a checkpoint on the eve of presidential elections in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Graft — vote-buying, fraud, intimidation — is the top concern in a nation that Transparency International now rates as the most corrupt in the world and Mogadishu is in lockdown because of the threat of violence by homegrown Islamic extremist group al-Shabab. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Voting starts in Somalia presidential election

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

A man who was wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a hotel is being carried by Somali Red Cross workers and civilians for treatment in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Jan 25, 2017. Gunmen from Somalia's violent Islamic extremist rebels fought their way into a hotel in the Somali capital after a suicide car bomb exploded at its gates, a police officer said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Al-Shabab, Kenya claim dozens of deaths in Somalia attack

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

A wounded Somali man walks to safety after a car bomb attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Jan 25, 2017. Gunmen from Somalia's violent Islamic extremist rebels fought their way into a hotel in the Somali capital after a suicide car bomb exploded at its gates, a police officer said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Extremist gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital; 8 killed

By Farah Abdi Warsameh and Abdi Guled - Associated Press

A deadly car bombing in Somalia this month is a warning from the al-Shabab terrorist group, which threatens to disrupt presidential elections. (Associated Press)

Al-Shabab disrupts Somalia’s effort to hold ‘free and fair elections’

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

A Somali soldier takes position during an attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, June 25, 2016 . A Somali police officer says a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gate of a hotel in Mogadishu followed by gunmen who were fighting their way into the hotel. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

At least 14 killed in Somalia hotel attack; police say ended

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

While the African Union and Somali armed forces have severely restricted al-Shabab and curtailed its reach in recent years, the group is still a powerful force in southern Somalia. (Associated Press)

Al-Shabab offers Somalis security, stability in exchange for Shariah law

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

A fireman walks past houses destroyed in a suicide car bomb on a nearby hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Feb, 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) ** FILE **

Somali intelligence cooperated with U.S. for al-Shabaab hit

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016 file photo, a hole is photographed in a plane operated by Daallo Airlines as it sits on the runway of the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. Abdullahi Abdisalam Borleh boarded the plane on Feb. 2 with a bomb which exploded at 11,000 feet. The blast created a hole in the fuselage of the Airbus 321, just above the wing, and Borleh was blown out, his body falling to earth and landing in the Somali town of Balad. (AP Photo, File)

Somali plane bomber was known as religious but not extremist

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, photo, a hole is photographed in a plane operated by Daallo Airlines as it sits on the runway of the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. A gaping hole in the commercial airliner forced it to make an emergency landing at Mogadishu's international airport late Tuesday, officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo)

Somali officials start investigating blast on board plane

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

Suspected Al-Shabab militant captured during Thursday's attack on African Union base are seen in Mogadishu, Somalia, in this Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Al-Shabab militants attack African Union base; 9 dead

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

U.N. convoy hit by bomb blast in Mogadishu; 3 dead

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press