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A soldier holds position as the damage is assessed after Al Shabaab hit a European Union armored convoy in Mogadishu, Somalia. [FILE]
Somali and US forces carried out an air strike on an area under attack from the Al-Shabaab Islamist group and killed 12 militants, the Somali government said on Thursday.
The strike on Adan Yabaal, 220 kilometres (140 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu came as Al-Shabaab fighters raided the key town used as a base by Somali military commanders.
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