More reports are coming out of a serious battle that took place today in the Basra area between Afgoye and Balcad districts in the Lower Shabelle and Middle Shabelle regions, which involved government forces and Al-Shabaab.
The battle came after Al-Shabaab militants attacked a Somali government military base in Basra.
The local residents said that the fighting was very intense and both sides used different types of weapons, but the official damage caused by the fighting in Basra has not yet been confirmed.
It was also pointed out by the local people that the war was between the specially trained forces of Haramad and the Somali security forces on one side and those of the Al-Shabaab group.
Officials from the government forces who spoke to the media said that they defended themselves against the attack from the Al-Shabaab group, and caused losses to the group, although they did not estimate the total loss.
The area of Basra where the war took place today was one of the areas where the Al-Shabaab group was manipulated and there were courts where they called the people living in Mogadishu and its surroundings, and they also organized attacks and explosions in the city. Mogadishu.
