...... the personification of Somali state failure...commanders were captured during an operation carried out on the outskirts of the southern 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....
The national army commanders confirmed the arrest of the murderous Moslems to the state media. The operation happened in a remote village along Jubba river on Tuesday morning.
The two al-Shabaab operatives fell into the SNA while transporting weapons to bad boy stronghold in the nearby areas, where attacks against military bases are orchestrated.
The capture deals a major blow to al-Shabaab which is current facing military pressure and offensive from multiple fronts, including Jubaland, HirShabelle and Galmudug
...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...
states.
In Bar-Sanguni, about 50 kilometers [32 miles] north of Kismayo saw a heavy military operation today, where joint Jubaland and SNA forces are hunding down the bad boys.
Jubaland state said it began offensive to retake areas still remained under al-Shabaab control, including entire Middle Juba region, which houses the top leaders of the group.