...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...attacked a Somali military base in the Galgadud region on Monday morning, locals said.
The attack began with two boom-mobiles at the gate of the army outpost and followed a heavy gunbattle erupted between the Somali troops and the attackers in Qayib village.
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...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
State of Somalia.
The al-Shabaab was pushed back from the village by the local residents and the Somali troops who inflicted casualties on the fighters who failed in their attempt to seize the base.
Qayib is among several locations in Galgadud that were recaptured by the Somali army and the local clan militia, which is trying to liberate its territory from al-Shabaab.