NEW: Militants attack a military base used by US troops in Kenya early Sunday, US Africa Command says: 'Working alongside our Kenyan partners, the airfield is cleared and still in the process of being fully secured.'
Al-Shabab, an Al Qaeda-linked group, claimed it had inflicted casualties and destroyed U.S. military equipment, including aircraft, in the raid on the military base near Kenya's border with Somalia.There was no report of U.S. or Kenyan deaths. U.S. Africa Command said"an accountability of personnel assessment is underway."
Based in neighboring Somalia, al-Shabab has launched a number of attacks in Kenya. It has also been the target of a growing number of U.S. airstrikes during President Donald Trump’s administration.and U.S. airstrikes killed several al-Shabab fighters in response.The base, established more than a decade ago, has under 100 U.S. personnel, according to Pentagon figures.
A U.S. flag-raising there in August signaled its change “from tactical to enduring operations," the Air Force said at the time.Charlene Gubash is an NBC News producer based in Cairo. Gubash, a native Minnesotan, has lived and worked in the Egyptian capital since 1985.
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