UPDATE: Aerial raid kills Al-Shabaab leader in central Somalia – defense ministry https://t.co/WKsMdtxBiZ
— Shabelle Media Network (@ShabelleMedia) September 24, 2023
The Somali government said an operation in the central city of Elbur targeted al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...
leaders in a meeting, days after the SNA vacated the area.
The suspected US
...KABOOM!...
killed several leaders, including the head of finance of the al-Shabaab group in the Galgaduud region, whose name was identified as Sahal.
The commander of the 26th Brigade of the Danab force, General Ismail Abdimalik, confirmed the operation to the state media, saying the army would continue such raids.
US and local community fighters are involved in the ongoing military operation in Somalia, which saw the liberation of dozens of villages from al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-linked group.
The city of Elbur is one of the areas that the government recently took over, but the army later left following the deadly attack on Cawsweyne [Osweine], which killed many soldiers.
Somali government officials have avoided giving details of the attack, but sources said the two SNA brigades that captured Cowsweyne suffered heavy losses. It was described as "painful."
Al-Shabaab has returned and now rules Elbur, which is located in the 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 of Somalia, where President Hassan Sheikh is mobilizing an offensive against the Death Eaters.
Related:
Elbur: 2023-09-22 SNA forces and locals will return back to Elbur and Eldheer after ‘tactical retreat’ from both towns
Elbur: 2023-09-17 Suspected US airstrike reported in Galgadud town after Al-Shabaab attack
Elbur: 2023-09-03 President @HassanSMohamud admitted for the first time that SNA forces vacated from several areas after the Al-Shabaab attack in Cawsweyne
Elbur: 2023-09-22 SNA forces and locals will return back to Elbur and Eldheer after ‘tactical retreat’ from both towns
Elbur: 2023-09-17 Suspected US airstrike reported in Galgadud town after Al-Shabaab attack
Elbur: 2023-09-03 President @HassanSMohamud admitted for the first time that SNA forces vacated from several areas after the Al-Shabaab attack in Cawsweyne
Related:
Galgaduud: 2023-09-22 SNA forces and locals will return back to Elbur and Eldheer after ‘tactical retreat’ from both towns
Galgaduud: 2023-09-14 Improvised Explosive Device blows up key water well in El-Garas town
Galgaduud: 2023-09-13 10 Shaboobs and their car bomb airstruck in Middle Shabelle
Galgaduud: 2023-09-22 SNA forces and locals will return back to Elbur and Eldheer after ‘tactical retreat’ from both towns
Galgaduud: 2023-09-14 Improvised Explosive Device blows up key water well in El-Garas town
Galgaduud: 2023-09-13 10 Shaboobs and their car bomb airstruck in Middle Shabelle