{"id":460377,"date":"2026-05-13T19:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=460377"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:44:49","slug":"somali-danab-commandos-rescue-civilians-in-middle-shabelle-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somali-danab-commandos-rescue-civilians-in-middle-shabelle-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali Danab Commandos Rescue Civilians in Middle Shabelle Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu(SONNA)-Somali National Army\u2019s elite Danab Commandos carried out a planned military operation in the Gambole district of the Middle Shabelle region, successfully rescuing civilians who had been abducted by Al-Shabaab militants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">According to a statement from the Ministry of Defense, the operation resulted in the release of nine civilians who were being held captive by the group. Security forces also killed five Al-Shabaab fighters during the mission, including the group\u2019s local ringleader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The Ministry said the operation is part of ongoing efforts by the Somali National Armed Forces to strengthen security and dismantle militant networks responsible for attacks against civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Officials reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to intensifying military operations aimed at eliminating extremist groups and restoring peace and stability across the country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-460378\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Defense.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1810\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Defense.jpeg 1810w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Defense-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Defense-724x1024.jpeg 724w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Defense-768x1086.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Defense-1086x1536.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Defense-1448x2048.jpeg 1448w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Defense-860x1216.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Defense-1536x2172.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1810px) 100vw, 1810px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu(SONNA)-Somali National Army\u2019s elite Danab Commandos carried out a planned military operation in the Gambole district of the Middle Shabelle region, successfully rescuing civilians who had been abducted by Al-Shabaab militants. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defense, the operation resulted in the release of nine civilians who were being held captive by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":417476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-460377","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\/460377","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460379,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460377\/revisions\/460379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}