Turkiye doubles number of troops in Somalia to help counter Al-Shabab offensive

Turkiye has doubled its number of troops in Somalia this week, in an effort to assist Somali forces in countering the Al-Shabab militant group. In recent months, Al-Shabab has advanced in its offensive against the Somali government, with the group having captured strategic villages and areas in close proximity to the capital Mogadishu. Those developments have reportedly caused Turkiye – a key ally and security guarantor of Somalia’s government – to grow increasingly concerned over the country’s security situation. According to the London-based news outlet Middle East Eye, unnamed sources familiar with the matter revealed to it that Turkiye has responded to the situation by deploying almost 500 soldiers to Somalia this week, almost doubling the number of its military […]