{"id":440502,"date":"2025-05-01T16:35:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=440502"},"modified":"2025-05-01T16:35:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:35:03","slug":"somali-national-army-destroys-khawarij-stronghold-in-middle-shabelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somali-national-army-destroys-khawarij-stronghold-in-middle-shabelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali National Army Destroys Khawarij Stronghold in Middle Shabelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong><em>El-Barwaqo, Somalia (SONNA)<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 The Somali National Army (SNA),\u00a0led by\u00a0Danab commandos, has destroyed a\u00a0Khawarij (al-Shabaab) stronghold\u00a0in\u00a0El-Barwaqo, located in the\u00a0Masjid Ali Gudud district\u00a0of the\u00a0Middle Shabelle region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The operation, confirmed by\u00a0Major General Deeq Yusuf Sareeye, successfully\u00a0neutralized militants\u00a0who had been using the area as a base. The SNA\u2019s targeted offensive is part of an intensified campaign to\u00a0dismantle Khawarij insurgents, who continue to threaten Somalia\u2019s stability and development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">\u201cOur brave forces have crushed the Khawarij in El-Barwaqo, dealing a major blow to their operations in the region,\u201d said\u00a0Maj. Gen. Sareeye, who led the mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">This latest strike follows a\u00a0surge in military operations\u00a0across Somalia as government troops, backed by local and international partners, escalate efforts to\u00a0eliminate extremist threats\u00a0and restore peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Authorities report that the area is now under full SNA control, with no civilian casualties recorded. The Somali government has vowed to\u00a0continue operations\u00a0until all militant-held territories are liberated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El-Barwaqo, Somalia (SONNA) \u2013 The Somali National Army (SNA),\u00a0led by\u00a0Danab commandos, has destroyed a\u00a0Khawarij (al-Shabaab) stronghold\u00a0in\u00a0El-Barwaqo, located in the\u00a0Masjid Ali Gudud district\u00a0of the\u00a0Middle Shabelle region. The operation, confirmed by\u00a0Major General Deeq Yusuf Sareeye, successfully\u00a0neutralized militants\u00a0who had been using the area as a base. The SNA\u2019s targeted offensive is part of an intensified campaign to\u00a0dismantle Khawarij [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":440503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-440502","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\/440502","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=440502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440504,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440502\/revisions\/440504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}