Somalia Security News
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Janan Hands the Beled Hawo Camps to Jubaland and Flies to Nairobi on a Kenyan Military Aircraft
BELED HAWO, SOMALIA – Jubaland intelligence officers took over the army camps at Beled Hawo on Friday 9 October that...
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Laftagareen’s Darawish Take Qansaxdheere and Part of Its Garrison Goes to the Ethiopian Camp
QANSAXDHEERE, SOMALIA – Fighters loyal to former President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen took Qansaxdheere, a district town in the Bay...
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Al-Shabaab Attacks Reported at Jannaale, Bariire and Qoryooley as the Army Says Nothing
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Al-Shabaab fighters launched a heavy attack on a government base at Jannaale on the night of Thursday...
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Pakistan’s JF-17 Sale to Somalia Is Reported a Third Time With No Contract Published
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – A Turkish outlet reported on Wednesday 7 October that Somalia had reached an agreement with Pakistan to...
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Federal Troops and Al-Shabaab Fight at Hees Six Days After the Mahaas Agreement
BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – Federal troops and al-Shabaab fighters fought with heavy and light weapons on the morning of Friday 9...
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Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Returns From Abu Dhabi and Accuses Villa Somalia of Preparing War on the Opposition
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Former President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said on Wednesday 7 October, back from three days in the...
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Turkiye’s Ambassador Inspects Warsheikh as Mogadishu Publishes No Terms
WARSHEIKH, SOMALIA – Turkiye's ambassador to Somalia, Ferhat Alkan, and the commander of the Turkish Task Force in Somalia walked...
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NISA Says It Killed the Amniyat Chief Behind Zoobe in Jilib
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said on Tuesday 6 October that its forces, working with...
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Doolow Commissioner Says His District Will Follow Ethiopian Forces
DOOLOW, SOMALIA – Mohamed Hussein Abdi Lafeey, the district commissioner of Doolow, told the town's security forces and Jubaland's Darawish...
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Beled Hawo Says Federal Troops Are Moving on It From Luuq and Doolow
BELED HAWO, SOMALIA – The district commissioner of Beled Hawo, Abdiaziz Hareed Abdullahi, told reporters on Monday 5 October that...
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Emirati Drones Strike Galgala From Bosaso Nine Months After Mogadishu Revoked Abu Dhabi’s Agreements
BOSASO, SOMALIA – Drones of the United Arab Emirates struck al-Shabaab fighters laying roadside mines in the Galgala mountain pass...
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