Somali security agencies seized two Lower Shabelle villages in a successful operation carried out on Friday morning.
The agencies collaborated in an operation conducted today in the morning.
Their joint operation helped to recapture two villages – Gandarshe and Jilib Merca.
The two Lower Shabelle villages have been under the grip of the Al-Shabaab terrorists for a long time.
In today’s operation, officers from the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) worked closely with their colleagues from Haram’ad Police Special Forces.
Sources within the military added that several Al-Shabaab members died in the operation.