Three Americans killed in al-Shabaab militant attack on base in Kenya
The attack presents another crisis for Washington just as the Pentagon grapples with a rapidly escalating standoff with Iran following a drone strike in Baghdad that killed top Qassem Soleimani.
An image distributed by al Shabaab after the attack on a military base in Kenya shows Somalia's al Shabaab militant group's flag, said to be at the Manda Bay Airfield in Manda, Lamu, Kenya January 5, 2020.(photo credit: AL-SHABAAB/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByREUTERS