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The Somali Civil War (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya) is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta which was led by Siad Barre during the 1980s.
Somalia's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Two Osa Missile Boats belonging to the Somali Navy, during the 1983 US-Somali Operation Bright Star.. The military history of Somalia encompasses the major conventional wars, conflicts and skirmishes involving the historic empires, kingdoms and sultanates in the territory of present-day Somalia, through to modern times.
A military airstrike killed 3 al-Shabab militants in a remote area of Somalia, approximately 35 kilometers northeast of Kismayo. [215] January 24; A military airstrike killed killed 6 al Shabaab terrorists in a remote area in the vicinity of Caad, Somalia. [216] January 25; A military airstrike killed at least 20 al-Shabab militants in central ...
The Battle of Mogadishu (Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit. 'Day of the Rangers'), also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent.It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregulars of south Mogadishu.
Al-Shabaab also claimed to have killed 59 soldiers and fighters and published purported pictures of their fighters in at least one camp they claimed to have overrun. [ 5 ] [ 1 ] Two military officers, Colonel Yonis Hassan Sabriye and Colonel Abdulle Mohamud Abdi, were confirmed killed in the attack.
21 January – 13 soldiers of the Puntland Security Forces were killed in an roadside bomb explosion during an counter-terrorism operation in Habley area, Bari region. [4] 23 January – Three Al-Shabaab militants were killed and Six wounded in an operation carried out by Somali National Army in Ceelgaras village, Galgaduud region. [5]
7 November – Eleven Somali Army soldiers were killed in an Al-Shabaab attack near Wayaanta near Kismayo in southern Somalia. [50] 13 November – Three Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in an Al-Shabab improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a military vehicle in Mogadishu's Daynile district. [51]
Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted in Mogadishu, Somalia, by an American force code-named Task Force Ranger during the Somali Civil War in 1993. The primary objective of the operation was to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid, leader of the Somali National Alliance who was wanted by the UNOSOM II in response to his attacks against United Nations troops.