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Beledweyne (AX) – In the often tumultuous chessboard of Somalia, where tactics and survival mingle intricately, the ebb and flow of conflict has confounded yet again. Al-Shabaab militants, those elusive insurgents with their unslakable thirst for turmoil, have found a new haunt—nestled by the murmuring banks of the Shabelle River in the Mahaday district, they plan their next move. Local inhabitants mutter about seeing swarms of militants sweeping into the area, battered from recent fierce skirmishes in Hiiraan. It’s as if…

Al-Shabaab militants suffer huge losses in Somalia's Jubaland MOGADISHU, Somalia - Jubaland security forces repelled an al-Shabaab attack over the weekend, in what could be one of the most gradual gains for regional security officers in recent months, giving hope in the fight against the militants. According to military sources, the militants were preparing an assault on Kudha in the Lower Juba…