America Finally Finds Some Success in the War on Terror

Somalia has become a surprising bright spot in the global battle pitting the U.S. and its allies against insurgents

MOGADISHU, Somalia—There finally came a point when al-Shabaab militants went too far, and Somali farmers and herders just wouldn’t take it anymore.
It started in Hiiraan, a region of a half-million people in central Somalia.

 Islamist insurgents from al-Shabaab, the Somali branch of al Qaeda, had controlled much of the area for a decade. In May 2022, they dialed up the repression.