Turkiye doubles number of troops in Somalia to help counter Al-Shabab offensive – Middle East Monitor

Turkiye has doubled its number of troops in Somalia this week, in an effort to assist Somali forces in countering the Al-Shabab militant group.

In recent months, Al-Shabab has advanced in its offensive against the Somali government, with the group having captured strategic villages and areas in close proximity to the capital Mogadishu. Those developments have reportedly caused Turkiye – a key ally and security guarantor of Somalia’s government – to grow…