...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...bases near the port city of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region....
, officials said.
The combined forces ransacked several hideouts for the bully boyz in different areas, including Biibi, Maalka-dhaqajo, Beer-xaani, Qudus and Yaaq dabayl.
As many as 23 al-Shabaab members, among them senior commanders identified as Ahmed Ali Farah [Abu Abas] and Geedi Warfa Ali [Abu Muscab] have been neutralized in the raid.
An official with Jubaland army, who asked not to be mention in the report confirmed the casualty figures on al-Shabaab. There were no independent sources confirming the claim.
The operation was part of a wider plan to conquer the last al-Shabaab pockets in Lower and Middle Shabelle regions, where the bully boyz orchestrate and execute attacks.
Somali president Hassan Sheikh visited Jubaland last week on galvanizing on this military mission, which is expected to attract Non-ATMIS troops from Kenya, Æthiopia and Djibouti.
In August 2022, the Somali leader declared launching a fresh offensive against al-Shabaab, capitalising on mounting discontent with the Islamist insurgency.