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| Africa Horn |
| Pro-ISIL fighters take town near Kenyan border |
| 2015-12-10 |
| Reports reaching us from the border town of Dhobley indicate that pro-Islamic state fighters have wrested full control of a village lies near Somali-Kenyan border. The militants who were heavily armed with machine-guns and rocked propelled grenades reportedly seized Tulo-Barwaqo peacefully after Jubbaland forces have withdrawn from the village. The capture of Tulo Barwaqo becomes the first ground in Somalia taken by the militants who recently switched allegiance to the Islamic state in Iraq and Syria (ISIL). In recent months, there has been a growing row that broke out within the Al Shabaab over whether to maintain ties to Al Qaeda or switch allegiance to Islamic State (IS). |
| Posted by:Steve White |