MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Authorities in northeastern Somalia’s semi-autonomous area of Puntland on Sunday dismissed claims by Somalia’s federal authorities that 20 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed in an operation performed with the worldwide companions.
“The Ministry of Info of Puntland informs Puntland folks, Somalis basically and the worldwide group that studies disseminated by the Federal Authorities’s Ministry of Info claiming that SNA troops carried out a navy operation in Al-Madow in Puntland are groundless,” Puntland authorities mentioned in a press release.
“Puntland authorities is independently chargeable for its safety and Puntland forces are current in Al-Madow, subsequently, there are not any SNA troops which are current or function in Puntland.”
There was no impartial affirmation of the assertions by each side, which come amid an escalating rift between the federal management and Puntland state.
Over the previous months, Somalia’s federal authorities claimed that a whole lot of militants have been killed in operations performed by the worldwide companions, although insurgents have been capable of retake swathes of territory that they had misplaced through the preliminary section of a navy marketing campaign launched in 2022, which has faltered after a spate of assaults.
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