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The al-Shabaab militants attacked the Somali base in Wisil with two suicide car bombs. [1] [2] In a statement on Radio al-Andalus, the al-Shabaab media apparatus, the group stated that the VBIED was driven by a fighter named Sagaar Mad Hurow, nom de guerre Abdullahi Jeri, from Rabdhure District. [3]
The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) will serve as the African Union's new peacekeeping and stabilization operation in Somalia. [1] Succeeding the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), The mission is expected to start in 2025, that may include troops from the East African Nations of Egypt ...
Much of al-Shabaab's Somali support base is fiercely nationalist, and sees as its primary goal the establishment of a stable Islamic state inside Somalia, [45] [49] or, more ambitiously, inside so-called Greater Somalia, uniting the ethnic Somali populations of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti. [50]
The U.S. will build up to five military bases for the Somali army in a project that seeks to bolster the Somalian national army's capabilities amid ongoing threats from an extremist group. The ...
A self defense strike 300 miles southwest of Mogadishu killed 13 al-Shabaab militants and wounded 10 more. The strike came after a Somali military base was attacked. [113] July 29; A kinetic strike killed one al-Shabaab fighter, later identified as Ali Muhammad, in Southern Somalia. [114] August 10
The Somali National Army (SNA) bases in Awdheegle and Bariire were built to protect several bridges that transported supplies to and from those cities and Mogadishu. [1] The guards at the bases were also tasked with preventing suicide bombings. [1] Awdheegle is a city on the outskirts of Mogadishu, and Bariire is in Lower Shabelle. While both ...
On June 8, 2024, Al-Shabaab militants attacked four military bases and overran the town of El Dher for several hours, killing many soldiers of the Somali National Force. The militants were eventually defeated by a U.S.-assisted airstrike. This was the deadliest terrorist attack since the Aws Wayne debacle. [7] [8] [9] [10]
The official also said that five to 10 people were killed in the airstrikes. However, a Somali official countered that US airstrikes killed 31 civilians. [40] At least four more AC-130 airstrikes were said to have hit Ras Kamboni. [41] Somali politician Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig toured the area and spoke of 50 killed in the attacks. He said ...