Somali military officials announced on Wednesday that dozens of Islamic State fighters had been killed in violent clashes with regional security forces in the semi-independent Puntland region, and the security forces have also hired lives during Of these confrontations that started on Tuesday.
Military officials said Puntland forces have pushed a double attack launched by the Islamic State on one of its military bases in the mountains of Arskad.
A military commander said that the clashes had started when the military activists attacked a car loaded with explosives, noting that the attack was thwarted after very violent “battles.
He added that a certain number of activists who wore explosive jackets exploded, causing losses in the army. Another military official also confirmed that more than 20 Buntland forces had been killed during the clashes.
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For his part, the military spokesman for the forces of Buntland, Mohamed Fadigo, said that “the enemy had been defeated” by the regional forces, noting that up to 65 of the organizational attackers had been killed.
Fadigo added, at a press conference, that the regional forces are still pursuing the rest of the activists who fled to the caves, stressing that the battles have not yet ended.
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The military spokesman also said that the regional forces faced a fierce resistance from activists who used suicide tactics, which led to losses in the rows of the army. But the regional forces managed to win a big victory by thwarting the attack and killing dozens of fighters from the organization.
It is reported that the Bontland authorities have launched an attack on the Islamic State – with American support – in the region.
Although the presence of the organization in Somalia is limited compared to the youth movement – which is associated with al -Qaeda – its activity has increased significantly in recent years, and it is believed that the Head of the Islamic in Somalia Abdel Qader Moamin directs Buntland operations.
This escalation comes within the framework of continuous efforts to combat terrorism in Somalia, because the United States played a support role for local forces. Last February, American military leadership in Africa (AFROM) made an air strike which killed 14 Islamic State terrorists, including the eminent chief Ahmed Maa Al -ain, who was responsible for recruiting elements from ‘Organization in the United States and Europe.
Somalia has suffered from insecurity for many years, because the youth and Islamic State movement has been the main threats of stability in the country.