Somalia: Heavy Fighting Enters Second Day On Border Between Somali Regions

Somalia: Heavy Fighting Enters Second Day On Border Between Somali Regions

El Hareri, Somalia, May 18 -- Fierce clashes between Somali government forces and Al-Shabaab fighters entered a second day Saturday along the border between the Middle Shabelle and Hiiraan regions, with both sides sustaining heavy casualties.

The Islamist terrorist militia Al-Shabaab attacked a military camp, killing at least a dozen young men.

Drone strike kills 12 Ma’wisley militias amid clashes with Al-Shabaab in central Somalia

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A drone strike mistakenly killed at least 12 Ma’wisley clan fighters during fierce clashes with al Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia’s Hiran region, a senior military official said on Monday.  Colonel Khalif Idiris Osman told Mogadishu-based Kulmiye Radio that the fighting erupted on Sunday near Moqokori town, where Somali government troops and allied Ma’wisley militia launched coordinated operatio…

Somali Gov’t confirms its troops kill 70 Al-Shabab militants in counter offensive

The Somali Federal Gov’t on Monday confirmed that 70 Al-Shabab militants were killed in the fighting that occurred on Saturday and Sunday in settlements that lie in the border between Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle provinces. A statement from the ministry of information said that the Somali National Army (SNA) and the local defense forces known as Ma’awisley defeated the militant group of Al-Shabab which launched the attacks in the settlements in t…

"There was a strong explosion and immediately people started running in all directions. Bodies were everywhere," said a witness to the explosion.