The United States government has said that Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia now use drones in their insurgency.
Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis revealed this on September 4.
Ambassador DeLaurentis is the Senior Advisor for Special Political Affairs in the US Mission to the United Nations (UN).
He made the revelation at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council Arria-Formula held to discuss Transnational Activities of Terrorist Groups.
In his address, Ambassador DeLaurentis said that Al-Shabaab has taken hold of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), which it now uses in attacks and propaganda in Somalia.