Al shabaab terrorists militants have taken on Thursday the control of fresh villages in Nugal region, north-east of Somalia after ferocious battle with Puntland forces, reports said.
Local residents in Godob Jiran area near Eyl town told to the Radio Shabelle that the village is under al-Shabab terrorists fighters, adding that the terrorists militants cut off the telecommunication system in the village.
The Puntland’s Nugal region witnessed Al shabaab terrorist incursion, after boatlods of terrorists militants launched a seaborne attack on the coastal Gara’ad village, and seized it breifly this week.
Today’s battle for Godob Jiran has raged on for several hours as Puntland forces resisted the Al shabaab terrorist attack before the strategic village fell to the terrorists militants.
The terrorists militants have been pushed back into Suuj, 100km east of Eyl, the historical district in Nugal province and its neighbourhoods after attacks by Puntland forces. |