Somalia: Al-Shabaab pulls out of Mahas town, Hiran region

Published On: Sunday, March, 25 2012 - 14:30:19 This post has been viewed 773 times

Hiran (Sunatimes)Al-Shabaab militias have reportedly fled Mahas town on Sunday morning after Ahlu Sunna and Ethiopian troops arrived at Gobo village, 15 km northeast of Mahas town.

Reports say militants emptied their bases in the town and fled towards Moqokori village as tension remains high in Mahas town.

Elsewhere, Ahlu Sunna militias backed by allied Ethiopian troops wrested control of Wara-dumale area, some 80 km east of Guri’el town, according ASWJ’s executive committee chairman, Mohamed Yussuf Hefow.

The Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab militants have been loosing grounds to the allied forces in both central and south-west Somalia since Ethiopian troops crossed again into the border last November.

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