{"id":439676,"date":"2025-04-18T06:56:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=439676"},"modified":"2025-04-18T06:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:56:48","slug":"south-west-state-president-inspects-frontline-troops-after-major-victory-against-al-shabaab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/south-west-state-president-inspects-frontline-troops-after-major-victory-against-al-shabaab\/","title":{"rendered":"South West State President Inspects Frontline Troops After Major Victory Against Al-Shabaab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Baidoa, SONNA<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The President of South West State, His Excellency Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed &#8220;Laftagareen,&#8221; visited frontline units of the\u00a0Somali National Army (SNA)\u00a0and the\u00a0South West Dervish Army\u00a0today, following a decisive military operation against Al-Shabaab militants.<\/p>\n<p>The troops conducted a successful offensive earlier yesterday, killing more than 35 Khawarij (Al-Shabaab) fighters, including a\u00a0foreign commander, and wounding over\u00a060 militants. The bodies of the slain insurgents were displayed in Baidoa as a demonstration of the security forces\u2019 progress in the ongoing counterterrorism campaign.<\/p>\n<p>President Laftagareen commended the bravery of the soldiers and reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to\u00a0eradicating extremism\u00a0and restoring stability in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis victory is a prove to the courage of our forces and the resilience of our people,\u201d said the President. \u201cWe will continue to support our troops until every inch of South West State is liberated from the Khawarij menace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The operation marks another significant blow to Al-Shabaab\u2019s operations in the region as\u00a0Somali forces, backed by local forces and international partners, intensify efforts to dismantle the militant group\u2019s strongholds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-439678\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0117-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-439679\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0118-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-439680\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0120-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-439681\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0122-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-439682\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0123-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-439683\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0124-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-439684\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0125-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baidoa, SONNA\u00a0\u2013 The President of South West State, His Excellency Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed &#8220;Laftagareen,&#8221; visited frontline units of the\u00a0Somali National Army (SNA)\u00a0and the\u00a0South West Dervish Army\u00a0today, following a decisive military operation against Al-Shabaab militants. The troops conducted a successful offensive earlier yesterday, killing more than 35 Khawarij (Al-Shabaab) fighters, including a\u00a0foreign commander, and wounding over\u00a060 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":439677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-439676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439685,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439676\/revisions\/439685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}