An American military and two sub-contractors of the Pentagon have died this Sunday during the attack by the jihadist group Al Shabab on a military base in eastern Kenya. In addition, at least four terrorists have died in the offensive, according to the Army of the African country. "The transfer attempt was successfully repelled," military forces have reported. The attack comes two days after the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad by the United States, an action that has triggered tension in the area. Manda Air Strip, the attacked military base, is located near the border with Somalia. This is the second attack committed by this jihadist group in Kenya in a matter of days in the same region, since last Thursday an attack on a passenger bus left at least three dead and three injured. Since October 2011, when the Kenyan Government sent the Army to Somalia in response to a wave of kidnappings in its territory, jihadists have carried out numerous attacks in Kenya . The group, which controls part of central and southern Somalia and aspires to establish a Wahhabi (ultraconservative) Islamic state in that country, claimed the attack on January 15 of last year against a hotel complex in Nairobi, which caused 21 dead The attempted assault on Manda Air Strip also occurs in the heat of the escalating tension in the Middle East caused by the death in Baghdad of General Soleimani in a US bombing on Friday. The military action has caused a growth of hostility against the United States, a crisis that could also complicate the already difficult security situation in the Horn of Africa . https://elpais.com/internacional/2020/01/05/actualidad/1578259719_512550.html