#Somalia 🇸🇴: "Islamic State" (#ISIS) militants attacked #Puntland Forces and killed several officers in #Bari Region.
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Puntland state forces capture ISIS positions in Bari mountains
[ShabelleMedia] Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
security forces on Friday successfully entered the areas of Yucrin and Maraagade following a planned operation in the mountainous region of Togga Baallade, part of the Calmiskaad range in Bari region.
According to military sources, two members of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) were killed during the operation, and several holy warrior hideouts were destroyed.
The Puntland Defense Command confirmed that the offensive marks the first phase of a broader security campaign aimed at eliminating ISIS elements from the region.
Troops have now taken control of key areas including Buur Gunburi and God-gudban, where military equipment and livestock believed to belong to the fleeing Lions of Islam were recovered.
Commanders leading the operation reported that forces had seized strategic routes used by the Lions of Islam to move between hideouts, dealing a significant blow to their mobility and logistics.
Puntland Air Force jets provided aerial support, conducting reconnaissance and targeted
...KABOOM!...
s on suspected holy warrior positions.
Intelligence gathered from the area suggests that ISIS fighters are now confined to a limited zone within the mountains.
A follow-up phase of the campaign is being prepared to completely dismantle the group’s presence in the region.
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