Event Islamic Insurgency Phase

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Was a phase of the Somali Civil War that saw the Somali Government fighting against the Islamic Courts Union and Al-Shabab, both Islamist groups.

Chronology

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  • December 2006: Somali Political Situation as of December 25th 2006.
  • July 2015: Dinsor in turn falls to Somali and Ethiopian forces.
  • November 2016: Halgan falls without resistance into the hands of the shebabs.
  • August 2014: Somali government and African Union Mission in Somalia forces retake the village of Buulo Mareer.
  • August 2014: Somali government and African Union Mission in Somalia forces retake the village of Buulo Mareer.
  • December 2006: Somali Political Situation as of December 25th 2006.
  • December 2006: Somali Political Situation as of December 25th 2006.
  • December 2006: Somali Political Situation as of December 25th 2006.
  • December 2006: Somali Political Situation as of December 25th 2006.
  • January 2009: In December 2008, Ethiopian soldiers withdrew from Somalia.
  • February 2007: Ethiopian forces occupied Giohar, Mogadishu, Gelib, Kisimaio and Ras Chiambone, leading to the dissolution of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU).
  • December 2006: Somali Political Situation as of December 25th 2006.
  • December 2006: Somali Political Situation as of December 25th 2006.
  • December 2006: Somali Political Situation as of December 25th 2006.
  • July 2015: Dinsor in turn falls to Somali and Ethiopian forces.
  • September 2015: Kuntuwarey conquered by Republic of Somalia.
  • December 2016: Qandala conquered by Republic of Somalia.
  • December 2006: Somali Political Situation as of December 25th 2006.
  • November 2016: Halgan falls without resistance into the hands of the shebabs.
  • October 2014: The shebabs abandon their base in Brava.
  • July 2015: Government forces take without fighting the town of Bardera.
  • September 2015: Kuntuwarey conquered by Republic of Somalia.
  • February 2016: The port of Merka is taken without resistance by the Shebabs.
  • October 2014: The shebabs abandon their base in Brava.
  • February 2016: The port of Merka is taken without resistance by the Shebabs.
  • October 2016: Islamic State-aligned jihadists take the port city of Qandala.

1. Advance of the Islamic Courts Union

Were a series of operations by the Islamic Courts Union that expanded its territories, during the Somali Civil War.

  • August 2006: Advances of the Islamic Courts Union in by July 2006.
  • December 2006: Advances of the Islamic Courts Union in by November 2006.
  • November 2006: Advances of the Islamic Courts Union in by October 2006.
  • September 2006: Advances of the Islamic Courts Union in by August 2006.

2. Advance of Al-Shabaab

Were a series of operations by Al-Shabaab, a Salafi-jihadist military and political organisation, that expanded its territories, during the Somali Civil War.

  • October 2015: Somali Political Situation as of December 25th 2006.
  • December 2008: After the Ethiopian withdrawal from Somalia, the southern half of the country quickly fell into the hands of radical Islamist rebels. Sharia law is therefore enforced in areas under the control of Al-Shabaab militiamen.
  • December 2008: After the Ethiopian withdrawal from Somalia, the southern half of the country quickly fell into the hands of radical Islamist rebels. Sharia law is therefore enforced in areas under the control of Al-Shabaab militiamen.
  • February 2011: By January 2011 Al-Shabaab contolled central Somalia.

Selected Sources

  • Advance of the UIC 2006. Wikipedia. 4 September 2007. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2006_ICU.png
  • Betts, A. (2013): Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement, Cornell University Press, p. 139
  • Somali land 2006 12 25. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 7 April 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Somali_land_2006_12_25.png