...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...The takeover came with no resistance after al-Shabaab pulled out from the town prior to the army’s advances.
It is yet another blow to al-Shabaab as Harerdhere was the financial and staging hub for the group over the past 15 years.
Local residents reported no fighting as troops moved in on Monday morning. al-Shabaab retreated to nearby areas in the central region which sees heavy military operations.
Early today, the troops took over Gal’ad near Harerdhere without fighting.
US military provides air assistance to SNA by carrying out dronezaps hitting al-Shabaab bases to weaken the power of the krazed killers.
Harardhere on the Indian coast once served as a pirate hub during the peak of piracy in Somalia's waters from 2008 to 2011. The fall of the town marks a big victory for the Somali government which launched an all-out offensive last year to end the al-Shabaab
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
insurgency.
Before the seizure of Harardhere, the specially trained Danab forces of the Somali military captured the village of Galcad in the east of the Galgaduud region, where al-Shabaab was in control for a long time.
Suspected US airstrike reported in central Somalia
[ShabelleMedia] A resident says a suspected dronezap targeted al-Shabaab
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban...Arabic for
students...
, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
hideouts in the vicinity of Gal’ad town during intensified ground military operations.
The drone fired missiles on El-Hassan Ali and Bud Bud areas which are located on the outskirts of Gal’ad, a small but strategic town in the Mudug region under Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
State.
The details of the casualties inflicted on the holy warriors in the targeted bases are still unclear as the remote areas are inaccessible to reach out to the witnesses for further information.
The aerial bombardment came just before the Somali troops and local clan militia took over the control of Gal’ad and the next coastal town of Harardhere, which are now fully liberated.