Interesting times.
[ShabelleMedia] Units from 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....’s special forces have recently returned to Hargeisa after completing advanced military training in Tel Aviv, according to a report published by Britannia’s The Telegraph newspaper and cited by security sources.
The report said around 50 specially trained Somaliland officers were welcomed back to Hargeisa this week after receiving modern military instruction in Israel, signaling what sources described as growing security cooperation between the two sides.
The development comes days after Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohammed Abdullahi Irro reportedly hosted a high-level Israeli delegation in Hargeisa during events marking Somaliland’s May 18 independence celebrations.
According to the report, the Israeli delegation met Irro at the presidential palace and presented what sources described as a symbolic security gift linked to the new partnership, including discussions surrounding Israel’s Iron Dome air defense technology.
Sources quoted in the report said the move was intended to strengthen Somaliland’s defenses against possible missile threats linked to Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
movement and could pave the way for broader Israeli security involvement in the strategic port city of Berbera.
Neither Israeli officials nor Somaliland authorities immediately issued public statements confirming the details of the reported military cooperation.
Somalia’s federal government has previously opposed any independent foreign or security agreements involving Somaliland, which declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but remains internationally unrecognized.