A Red Flag realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies, including Israel and Nato. Photo: Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald.

Reuters – An air strike by U.S. military forces struck an area where leaders of Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked militants were meeting, intelligence sources said on Tuesday, but it was unclear whether any insurgent commanders were killed.

The strike prompted rumors among Somali government officials that it had targeted al Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane and other leaders who were suspected to have been at the location, but there was no confirmation they were hit.

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