The al-Shabaab group controls five towns in central Somalia

  Fighters of the al-Shabaab terrorist group have reportedly captured five towns in central Somalia. According to the TASS news agency, the terrorists have taken over the towns of Wabho, Osweyne, Budbud, Gal'ad, and Masagaway in the state of Galmudug, after the Somali troops left those towns on Monday. More information says that the terrorist gang has killed 178 Somali soldiers in the fighting between the two sides in the middle of Somalia. However, it did not say the number of members killed in the confrontation. Meanwhile, the Special Danab Forces of the Somali army have killed dozens of al-Shabaab terrorists in the latest operation in the Horn of Africa country. Arab Dheeq Ahmed, Commander of the 5th Battalion of the Danab Forces has said that 47 more al-Shabaab terrorists have been killed in the new operation targeting their hideouts in the area of Yaq Dabey, Lower Juba province. Somali soldiers Security circles inform that more than 3,000 terrorists have been killed in the first phase of operations to eliminate the group, especially in Hirshabelle and Galmadug states. Recently, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia said the aim of the ongoing military operations in the country is to eradicate and destroy the al-Shabaab terrorist group in the next five months. Somalia has been in a war and struggle against the al-Shabab terrorist group, which was founded in 2004, and which has declared its connection with the al-Qaeda network.