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The destruction of Hargeisa and Burao (Somali: duqayntii Hargeysa iyo Burco) occurred in 1988 during the Somali Civil War.It was part of a counteroffensive launched by the Somali government under President Mohamed Siad Barre against the Somali National Movement (SNM), an opposition group active in northern Somalia (modern-day Somaliland).
War-damaged houses in Hargeysa, a major city in Somaliland, 1991. Artillery shelling of Hargeisa started on the third day of the fighting [5] in late May 1988, and was accompanied by large-scale aerial bombing of the city carried out by the Somali Air Force (SAF) aircraft, [6] which "took off from the Hargeisa airport and then turned around to make repeated bombing runs on the city."
Hargeisa (/ h ɑːr ˈ ɡ eɪ s ə / har-GAY-sə; Somali: Hargeysa; Arabic: هرجيسا, romanized: Harjīsā) [4] [5] is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland, a de facto sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still considered internationally to be part of Somalia.
Siad Barre focused his wrath (and American-supported military might) against his Northern opposition. Hargeisa, Somalia's second city and the former capital of British Somaliland was bombed, strafed and rocketed. Some 50,000 people are believed to have lost their lives there as a result of summary executions, aerial bombardments and ground attacks.
The United States has been involved in 119 military conflicts. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
Operation Eastern Exit was the codename given to the military evacuation of the United States embassy in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in January 1991.In late December 1990, violence quickly enveloped the city as armed militants began clashing with government soldiers.
[a] The consulate in Hargeisa was closed and the USAID program, which had more staff than the rest of the embassy, ended. [11]: 66–71, 84, 90 However, in the late 1970s, the Soviets became patrons of Ethiopia and in the wake of the Ogaden War between Somalia and Ethiopia, Somalia turned to the West for support. The US sought access to ...
In British Somaliland, today's Awdal was called Zeila-Borama district based on the region's main city. [25] In around 1964, the Berbera, Borama, and Hargeisa districts were combined to form the North-Western (Hargeisa) Province. [25] In 1984, the Somalia government established the Awdal region. [26]