The government troops and the Æthiopian army moved from Garbaharey, a town in gedo region and attacked positions of Alshabab in the area.
The first fight erupted at a place called Birta der, a small town 18 kilometers south of Garbaharey. Officials from the Somali government, who contacted shabelle media, told that this town was in the hands of Alshabab before the battle started.
Abdi barre Abdi, an official from the Government informed Shabele that they have taken over Strategic places from the militia and they would continue to fight and remove Alshabab from the whole region.
The official informed the media that there have been casualties including three government troops, who were injured and he also claimed that heavy losses on the side of Al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
militias.
Gedo is a stretagic province, which borders both Kenya and Æthiopia and there are areas of the region where Al-Shabaab stills controls including Bardhere town.