In one of the raids, an airstrike launched by the Kenya air force, the overall leader of Al-Shabaab, Muktar Abdirahman Godane (Muktar Robow) escaped two minutes before the first bomb destroyed a camp in Birta Dheere area of Somalia.

The airstrike killed more than 30 Al-Shabaab leaders who had assembled for a strategic meeting on leadership and militant deployment.

Others sustained serious injuries and later succumbed to those injuries.

One of the top commanders killed in the airstrike was Ali Rage also known as Ali Dheere.

Another of the senior commanders killed was a Kenyan from Garissa known only as Gamadhere.

Others killed in the airstrike are Zakur Bin Khalid, an experienced militant, Abdi Malik and Ubeyda.

All three are of Arab origin.

Another commander killed by the Kenyan forces was Abdirahman Halane, a man of Somali origin who coordinated the militant activities in Birta Dheere.

Two commanders of British origin besides four others of different nationalities were killed in the attack.

Intelligence gathered by, ASWJ in Gedo, Kenyan intelligence and its military intelligence wing facilitated the attack.

Kenya military ranks as 46thin the world as most powerful and disciplined.