{"id":125743,"date":"2026-09-17T23:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/?p=125743"},"modified":"2026-09-17T23:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:36:44","slug":"125743","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/2026\/09\/125743\/","title":{"rendered":"The United States destroyed an Al-Shabaab weapons storage site in the Golis Mountains in an airstrike."},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States conducted operations against Al-Shabaab, targeting a facility used to store weapons and ammunition in the Markad area of \u200b\u200bthe Al-Madow and Golis mountains in northeastern Somalia.<\/p>\n

According to a press release from the Puntland presidency, the operation targeted sites Al-Shabaab used to stockpile arms and ammunition intended to support the group’s operations and attacks within Somalia.<\/p>\n

Puntland stated that the operation was carried out in coordination with its security agencies. No further details regarding the timing or method of the attack were disclosed.<\/p>\n

This operation comes at a time when the United States has intensified military actions against terrorist groups operating in Somalia. In September 2026, AFRICOM confirmed airstrikes against Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia.<\/p>\n

Puntland stated that the destruction of these weapons storage sites is part of efforts to weaken Al-Shabaab and disrupt the group’s supply lines and its capacity to plan and execute attacks.<\/p>\n

Puntland noted that it had previously discussed with AFRICOM the strengthening of cooperation to combat Al-Shabaab and ISIS in the Al-Madow and Al-Miskaad mountains. She stated that this partnership is part of a long-standing effort to undermine Al-Shabaab’s power, prevent it from finding safe havens, and support stability in Puntland.<\/p>\n

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The United States conducted operations against Al-Shabaab, targeting a facility used to store weapons and ammunition in the Markad area of \u200b\u200bthe Al-Madow and Golis mountains in northeastern Somalia. According to a press release from the Puntland presidency, the operation targeted sites Al-Shabaab used to stockpile arms and ammunition intended to support the group’s operations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125743","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\/125743","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=125743"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125751,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125743\/revisions\/125751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}