{"id":115028,"date":"2025-05-23T23:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/?p=115028"},"modified":"2025-05-23T23:29:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:29:40","slug":"115028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/2025\/05\/115028\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish specially trained forces have arrived in Somalia to fight Al-Shabaab."},"content":{"rendered":"

Turkey is increasing its military presence in Somalia by deploying 500 troops specializing in counterterrorism and drone operations, in response to the recent territorial gains by al-Shabaab from government forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Turkish troops are only there to protect Turkish assets and to train and advise Somali forces, they will only fight al-Shabaab if necessary and in self-defense,\u201d an unnamed source familiar with Turkey\u2019s operations in Somalia told Middle East Eye.<\/p>\n

The new troops, consisting of 300 commandos and 200 soldiers, will step up Turkey\u2019s operations in Somalia, particularly in counterterrorism.<\/p>\n

The new operation includes the use of a Turkish-made Akinci drone, which is larger and more powerful than the popular Turkish Bayraktar drones used by the Somali National Army in its fight against Al-Shabaab.<\/p>\n

The Akinci drones have night vision capabilities and can operate 24 hours a day, making them an effective tool for fighting Al-Shabaab at night, experts said.<\/p>\n

The Turkish operation is part of the Somalia Security Development Plan, which aims to help Somalia eventually take full control of its own security.<\/p>\n

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Turkey is increasing its military presence in Somalia by deploying 500 troops specializing in counterterrorism and drone operations, in response to the recent territorial gains by al-Shabaab from government forces. \u201cThe Turkish troops are only there to protect Turkish assets and to train and advise Somali forces, they will only fight al-Shabaab if necessary and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":115026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dhacdoyinka-caalamka","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115028"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115033,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115028\/revisions\/115033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}