...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
administration is preparing a military operation targeting al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
Armed Puntland forces are set to be deployed soon for the operation, with reports indicating ongoing troop mobilizations and equipment readiness.
Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni previously pledged that the operation against the ISIS-affiliated group in the Cali Miskaad mountains would be followed by a campaign targeting al-Shabaab in Calmadow.
Additionally, Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) units are expected to be stationed in the coastal town of Lasqoray in Sanaag, where a new official base will be established to strengthen security along the Gulf of Aden coastline.
Sources confirmed that this will be Puntland’s second-largest PMPF base after Bosaso, aimed at enhancing maritime and territorial security in the region.
The planned offensive, dubbed "Operation ONKOD," seeks to eliminate al-Shabaab’s presence in the mountainous terrain of Calmadow.
Reports also suggest that the Puntland forces’ deployment aims to assert the regional administration’s control over Sanaag, amid competing claims from the federal government-backed Puntland and the breakaway Somaliland
...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells....administration, which recently declared control over Laascaanood town in neighbouring Sool region.
The situation in Sanaag remains complex and tense, with a three-way contest involving Puntland, Somaliland, and the newly formed Northeast Somalia administration vying for influence.