{"id":202324,"date":"2016-03-28T14:55:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T14:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=202324"},"modified":"2016-03-28T14:55:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T14:55:37","slug":"somali-forces-kill-100-al-shabab-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/somali-forces-kill-100-al-shabab-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali forces kill ‘more than 100’ al-Shabab fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"
At least 115 fighters of the militant Islamist group al-Shabab have been killed in heavy fighting with pro-government forces in northern Somalia, the regional government says.<\/p>\n
A further 110 militants were captured during the fighting, the Galmudug government added in a statement.
\nThere has been no independent confirmation of the claims.<\/p>\n
The al-Qaeda-linked militants have drifted north after losing ground in southern and central Somalia.<\/p>\n
Galmudug’s President Abdikarim Hussein Galaud said the security forces were determined to “wipe out” the militants, and to prevent them from establishing bases in stable parts of the north.<\/p>\n
The militants were defeated after four days of fighting along Galmudug’s border with Puntland, the government statement said.<\/p>\n
A few of them managed to flee into rural areas, it added.
\nThe statement did not give casualty figures for pro-government forces.<\/p>\n
The African Union (AU) has some 22,000 troops battling al-Shabab in southern Somalia, where it was formed nearly a decade ago to fight for Islamic rule.<\/p>\n
Last month, the militants overran an AU base in the southern town of el-Ade.<\/p>\n
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said about 180 Kenyan troops, which were part of the AU force, were killed in the attack.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At least 115 fighters of the militant Islamist group al-Shabab have been killed in heavy fighting with pro-government forces in northern Somalia, the regional government says. A further 110 militants were captured during the fighting, the Galmudug government added in a statement. There has been no independent confirmation of the claims. The al-Qaeda-linked militants have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n