{"id":123288,"date":"2026-05-24T22:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/?p=123288"},"modified":"2026-05-25T00:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:04:20","slug":"123288","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/2026\/05\/123288\/","title":{"rendered":"A former Al-Shabaab leader surrenders to the Somali National Army."},"content":{"rendered":"

A leader named Ali Mohamed Olow, armed with an AK-47 rifle and his bag, surrendered to the Somali National Army in Mubarak, Lower Shabelle region, after escaping attacks by government forces on positions held by Al-Shabaab fighters in the Ugunji area.<\/p>\n

The man who surrendered to the forces said that he had been fighting in Hiran, Lower Shabelle and Middle Shabelle regions for a while while he was a member of Al-Shabaab, noting that he was recently deployed to Ugunji as a reinforcement.<\/p>\n

He indicated that the constant attacks by the National Army on Al-Shabaab hideouts created fear and a difficult situation for him, which ultimately forced him to surrender to government forces.<\/p>\n

The leader also said that the life and activities of the group were becoming increasingly difficult, especially after the operations and bombings targeting Al-Shabaab centers and fighters in southern and central Somalia.<\/p>\n

The Somali Federal Government forces have recently increased operations against Al-Shabaab, with security officials saying that many members of the group are surrendering to the forces.<\/p>\n

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A leader named Ali Mohamed Olow, armed with an AK-47 rifle and his bag, surrendered to the Somali National Army in Mubarak, Lower Shabelle region, after escaping attacks by government forces on positions held by Al-Shabaab fighters in the Ugunji area. The man who surrendered to the forces said that he had been fighting in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":123286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123288","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\/123288","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=123288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123303,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123288\/revisions\/123303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}