...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...
has said that it has killed the head of ISIS operations in the Bari region, whose name was identified as Abu-Albara Al Amani.
A statement from the Puntland Police said that Abu-Albara was killed in an attack by the ISIS group on Wednesday night on the cop shoppe in Balidhidin district.
Abu Albara Al Amani was from the Amhara region of Æthiopia and he recruited many Æthiopians to join the ISIS-linked group in Puntland.
In July 2021, Abu Albara was appointed as the head of ISIS operations, after the former head of operations of that group, Abu Waleed al-Muhajir, was killed in an operation.
Al-Muhajir died in the raid by the Puntland security forces in the vicinity of the al-Miskaad mountains, as noted in the Puntland Police statement.
On the other hand, one Puntland Police officer was killed in the attack by ISIS on the cop shoppe in Balidhidin district, according to the statement.
Puntland faces a dual threat 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...and ISIS, who are competing for the influence in Bari region, where they generate income from the extortions.