The army has intensified its fight against al-Shabaab

    

The Somali federal government has sent new forces to Hiran region, central Somalia, to participate in the ongoing military operations against Al-Shabab in the region.

The forces were flown from Adam Adde International Airport in the capital, Mogadishu, to the airport of the city of “Giri El” in the Galgadud region, where they are expected to be transferred to the Hiran region of Hirshabele State.

The army has intensified its fight against al-Shabaab, As Farmajo and Fahad Yassin try to disrupt security in Somalia, using al-Shabaab as a ploy to destabilize the new government, they have launched a series of bombings in the Hiran region.

The forces sent to Hiran canton will work to remove mines on the road linking the city of "Beledweyne", the capital of Hiran region, to the town of Mataban, where movement between them has become difficult due to the heavy mines planted by Al-Alshabab militants.

The dispatch of forces and the intensification of military operations in the region came after a series of bombings and terrorist operations against the government forces operating in Hiran region, the latest of which was the convoy of the provincial governor, Ali Jiti Othman, with an explosion that resulted in the deaths and injuries of soldiers and the injury of two journalists.