Harun Maruf Hassan

Somali Govt leaders have decided to bring Somali soldiers trained in Eritrea home within weeks. A team from Eritrea are currently in Somalia to assess area of deployment along with Somali security experts, according to two govt sources. @i_dossier reports voasomali.com/a/5989032.html The govt has a tentative plant to have the soldiers operate in Southwest and Jubaland states. Eritrea is equipping them, per sources.

Here is a thread summarizing where things stand with regard to the investigation of missing intelligence officer, Ikran Tahlil, based on my latest @i_dossier report. Ikran left her residence just after 8pm local time on June 26. She was never seen in public since. Investigation into Ikran’s disappearance has stalled after the national intelligence agency blocked investigations into the case by the military courts, two officials and a lawmaker said.

By Harun Maruf Hassan The al-Shabab militant group has scaled up its attacks against pro-Islamic State fighters in the northeastern mountainous Somali region of Bari, experts say. Intelligence and security officials say al-Shabab has seized two locations from pro-IS militants this week. One of the two areas is called El-Miraale, a water point that has been the focal point of clashes. The second village seized by al-Shabab is called Shebaab, south of the town of Qandala according to sources.