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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. [105] July 29; A kinetic strike killed one al-Shabaab fighter, later identified as Ali Muhammad, in Southern Somalia. [106] August 10
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 ...
Baledogle Airfield, also called Wanlaweyn Airstrip, is the largest military air base in Somalia, about 90 kilometers northwest of the capital, Mogadishu.The airfield was constructed in the 1970s for the Somali Air Force with assistance of the Soviet Union.
Somali forces were able to hold onto the base. [3] A Somali commander from a nearby town stated that seven Somali soldiers, including the base's commander, were killed in the attack. [4] This number later rose to ten soldiers killed. [3] al-Shabaab, immediately after the attack, claimed the deaths of sixty-three Somali soldiers. [5] Two days ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... a newly trained Somali soldier, was also shot dead at the Gordon military base managed by the UAE, said the army officer ...
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]
Somali security officers hold position on their open trucks near Syl Hotel, the scene of an al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group's attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 15, 2024.
In August 2011, as part of the European Union Training Mission Somalia (EUTM Somalia), 900 Somali soldiers graduated from the Bihanga Military Training School in the Ibanda District of Uganda. [ 121 ] [ 122 ] 150 personnel from the EU took part in the training process, which trained around 2,000 Somali troops per year. [ 122 ]