...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...in the Middle Shabelle region.
The advance came after the allied forces captured key villages in the region for the past few weeks, in the latest blow to al-Shabaab in the ongoing fight.
Somali president Hassan Sheikh paid a visit to the troops on the frontlines in central regions to boost their morale in the struggle to win the decisive war.
There have been operations in parts of the Middle Shabelle, Hiraan, and Galgaduud regions to remove al-Shabaab from areas they have controlled for some time.
Since the war started three months ago, Somali PM Hamza Abdi Barre said over 600 turbans were killed and as many as 68 areas were liberated from al-Shabaab.
Somali troops retake fresh areas from Al-Shabaab – spokesman
[ShabelleMedia] The Somali government forces and the local people in cooperation have taken over several areas in the Middle Shabelle region from al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...on Saturday.
Gulane, Harka Dheere, and Daru Salaam fell into the hands of the Somali government and will join dozens of areas that were retaken by the allied troops in the past three months.
The front man of the Ministry of Defense, General Abdullahi Ali Anod, who spoke to the media said that the army is now advancing to the last district of the Middle Shabelle region that remains in the hands of al-Shabaab, which is Adan Yabal.
The forces of the Somali government and the locals are conducting operations against al-Shabaab in the Middle Shabelle region, one of their strongest areas.