SECURITY ALERT: SENIOR AL-SHABAAB COMMANDER CAPTURED IN JOINT OPERATION:
— Daoptimist⚓🌊🔥✨ (@GallantDaletian) April 4, 2026
In a significant blow to the insurgency, a high value Al-Shabaab commander identified as Salaad Macalin Cusmaan Cabdiyow, also known as Salaad Dheere, was captured during a joint counterterrorism operation… pic.twitter.com/MYjU1Bp23o
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SENIOR AL-SHABAAB COMMANDER CAPTURED IN JOINT OPERATION: In a significant blow to the insurgency, a high value Al-Shabaab commander identified as Salaad Macalin Cusmaan Cabdiyow, also known as Salaad Dheere, was captured during a joint counterterrorism operation in the Lower Shabelle region. The mission, executed by the elite Gorgor Commandos of the Somali National Army in coordination with partner forces, took place in Soo Maray village near Mubaarak.
A veteran leader since 2016, Salaad Dheere was a senior field commander responsible for orchestrating complex attacks against SNA and African Union bases. His capture disrupts a major command and control node that facilitated terror operations across multiple rural settlements and the strategic corridors leading to the Banaadir region.