Somalia’s Puntland region sends forces to fight al-Shabaab in neighbouring state

SOMALIA, Sept. 04 (YPA) – Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland said on Friday it had sent forces to the neighbouring region of Galmudug to help the military there push al Shabaab Islamist militants out of a strategic town they captured last month, Reuters reported.

According to Reuters, The governor of Puntland’s Mudug region, Abdilatif Muse Nuru San Yare said that they had sent troops with experience in fighting al Shabaab to Galmudug.

Al Shabaab fighters last month attacked a military base in the Galmudug town of Amara and took control of it after battling with government special force units, known as Danab and Darawish.

The radical Islamist group Al-Shabaab has been fighting in Somalia for years to overthrow the central government.

E.M