The US Africa Command says 52 al-Shabaab fighters were killed in the strike and no civilians were harmed.
The militants launched an attack on Bar-Sanguni base early on Saturday, according to the Somali military.
Regional security minister Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur has put the number of al-Shabaab killed in the successful fight to retake the base at 73.
Somali General Ali Mohamed Mohamud said seven Somali troops died.
Source: NTNEWS
"A Muslim is the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue and hands. And a Muhajir (emigrant) is the one who gives up (abandons) all what Allah has forbidden."
Prophet Muhammad SWT
The High Court of Kenya has granted reprieve to three South Sudanese law students who had been locked out of sitting the bar exam in order to be admitted as advocates in Kenya.
