{"id":456176,"date":"2026-02-10T17:39:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=456176"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:39:30","slug":"nisa-kills-senior-al-shabaab-commander-in-joint-operation-near-saakow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/nisa-kills-senior-al-shabaab-commander-in-joint-operation-near-saakow\/","title":{"rendered":"NISA Kills Senior Al-Shabaab Commander in Joint Operation Near Saakow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), in coordination with international partners, has carried out a successful operation near Saakow district in the Middle Juba region, killing a senior Al-Shabaab commander, Mohamed Sahal Idle, also known as Abu Osama.<\/p>\n<p>The operation took place on the 8th of this month. Abu Osama was one of the closest associates of Al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Diriye (Abu Ubaidah) and was being groomed to replace the group\u2019s finance chief, Abdullahi Wadaad. Wadaad was killed on January 23 in a separate joint operation by NISA and international partners in the Kuunyo Barrow area of Lower Shabelle.<\/p>\n<p>Abu Osama played a central role in Al-Shabaab\u2019s extortion and looting network targeting Somali civilians. At the time of his death, he was directly involved in the collection of illegal taxes forcibly imposed on local residents.<\/p>\n<p>According to security officials, the slain commander previously held several senior positions within the militant group, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Al-Shabaab regional commander for Lower Shabelle<\/li>\n<li>Head of civilian extortion monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Member of the group\u2019s so-called Shura Council<\/li>\n<li>Head of the misinformation division<\/li>\n<li>Port commander of Kismayo<\/li>\n<li>Overall commander of Kismayo during the period the group controlled the city<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Somali government says the operation is part of an ongoing campaign to dismantle Al-Shabaab\u2019s leadership structure and cut off its financial lifelines, reaffirming its commitment to protecting civilians and restoring security across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), in coordination with international partners, has carried out a successful operation near Saakow district in the Middle Juba region, killing a senior Al-Shabaab commander, Mohamed Sahal Idle, also known as Abu Osama. The operation took place on the 8th of this month. Abu Osama was one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":441828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-456176","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\/456176","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\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456177,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456176\/revisions\/456177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}