{"id":440505,"date":"2025-05-01T16:46:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=440505"},"modified":"2025-05-01T16:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:46:22","slug":"new-defense-minister-vows-to-lead-anti-khawarij-fight-from-the-frontlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/new-defense-minister-vows-to-lead-anti-khawarij-fight-from-the-frontlines\/","title":{"rendered":"New Defense Minister Vows to Lead Anti-Khawarij Fight from the Frontlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong><em>Mogadishu, Somalia (SONNA)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Somalia\u2019s newly appointed Minister of Defense, Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, pledged to personally\u00a0lead the fight against Khawarij militants from the frontlines, reinforcing the government\u2019s commitment to eradicating extremist threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">&#8220;I will take charge of the national army\u2019s operations to eliminate the Khawarij, working closely with military leadership while ensuring the rights and welfare of our soldiers are upheld,&#8221; Minister Fiqi stated. His remarks emphasized a hands-on approach\u00a0to Somalia\u2019s ongoing counterinsurgency campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The ceremony was attended by outgoing\u00a0Defense Minister Jabriil Abdirashid\u00a0and\u00a0State Minister of Defense Omar Ali Abdi, both of whom expressed confidence in Fiqi\u2019s ability to steer the ministry.\u00a0&#8220;We are handing over to a leader deeply experienced in both governance and the fight against Khawarij,&#8221;\u00a0said former Minister Jabriil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Officials emphasized the need to prioritize\u00a0disabled veterans\u00a0and active-duty troops, acknowledging past gaps in support for those wounded in defense of the nation. Minister Fiqi, a seasoned official with extensive\u00a0security and administrative experience, is expected to\u00a0enhance military capabilities\u00a0and refine national defense strategies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Fiqi\u2019s appointment comes amid intensified military operations against al-Shabaab, with the\u00a0Somali National Army (SNA)\u00a0and allied forces making significant gains in recent months. His frontline leadership vow signals a\u00a0more aggressive phase\u00a0in the war against extremism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, Somalia (SONNA)\u00a0\u2013 Somalia\u2019s newly appointed Minister of Defense, Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, pledged to personally\u00a0lead the fight against Khawarij militants from the frontlines, reinforcing the government\u2019s commitment to eradicating extremist threats. &#8220;I will take charge of the national army\u2019s operations to eliminate the Khawarij, working closely with military leadership while ensuring the rights and welfare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":440506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-440505","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\/440505","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=440505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440507,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440505\/revisions\/440507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}