Somalia forces captured new village from Al Shabab.
Col. Haybe Ahmed Abdullahi, one of the commanders of
Jubba Administration in Dhobley town, told journalists on Saturday that they
rooted out the militants from Barwaqo neighborhood in lower Jubba region on
Friday.
The control of this area fell into Pro-Islamic
States militants on Tuesday this week, according to the officials and residents
in the region earlier.
"Our forces are in the area now. We removed
Da'esh (pro-Islamic States) who defected from Al-Shabaab fighters.
They were a small group who has run away," Haybe said.
A small group from Al-Shabaab claiming to be Islamic
States emerged recently, bringing deadly war between the two terrorist groups
in Somalia.
For months, a struggle has brewed within Somali
militant group Al-Shabaab over whether to shift loyalties from longtime ally
Al-Qaida to Islamic State.
Somalia forces captured new village from Al Shabab.
Security forces from Somalia's regional administration of Jubba have recaptured Barwaqo village, about 12 km from Dhobley town in Southern Somalia near the Kenyan border.