{"id":28248,"date":"2022-06-06T08:23:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T08:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=28248"},"modified":"2022-06-06T08:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T08:23:52","slug":"somali-army-says-kills-senior-shabab-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/06\/somali-army-says-kills-senior-shabab-commander\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali army says kills senior Shabab commander"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/04\/13\/malian-army-arrests-3-suspected-european-terrorists\/\"><strong>Somali National Army (SNA)<\/strong> <\/a>forces killed a senior commander of al-Shabab on Saturday in an operation in southwest Somalia, the military said Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The SNA commanders who led the operation told Somali National Television on Sunday that Mohamed Nur Ga\u2019al, also known as Sheikh Al-Sima, was killed near El-unit, in Tiyeglow town in Bakool region.<\/p>\n<p>The state-owned broadcaster said that Nur was a senior Shabab leader responsibility for a series of terror attacks in Bay and Bakool regions.<\/p>\n<p>Bakool is one of the strongholds of the Qaida-affiliated terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>Somali security forces, backed by African Union peacekeeping troops, have intensified their assault against al-Shabab, as part of efforts to stabilise the the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somali National Army (SNA) forces killed a senior commander of al-Shabab on Saturday in an operation in southwest Somalia, the military said Sunday. 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