Senior officers of the Somali Armed Forces, who requested that their names not be used, because they were not allowed to speak to the media, said that the Federal Government of Somalia has changed the situation of the war against the Al-Shabaab group.
The officials said that this step has changed the strategy of the government after the heavy battle of the Al-Shabaab group in Cowsweyne area of Galgaduud region, in which the army suffered a lot of losses. Cowsweyne.
The new tactics of the current government have replaced the old one, the officials said that the operations will be led by the local army, while the national army will be the only ones who will assist the local army.
The reports add that the local army has planned for the government to give them a stipend that they will bill their families during the operations, while previously they only received ammunition from the government.
The former commander of NISA, Brigadier General Abdirahman Turiyare, confirmed to the media that there is a new plan of the government that has changed the old war strategy, and the new war strategy will be led by the local people.
This new strategy that the government will use is the one that removed Al-Shabaab from all the areas in the East of Hiran region last year in 2022, when Al-Shabaab fought the first rebellion against the Hawadle community who were the leaders of the current battles against Shabaab.