2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia
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title:
2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia
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On 20 July 2022, the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab launched an invasion from Somalia into Ethiopia's Somali Region. Taking advantage of the ongoing Tigray War, the goal of the operation was to establish a presence for the group within southern Ethiopia. The incursion began with over a thousand Al-Shabaab fighters staging diversionary attacks on four Ethiopian-Somali border towns in order to allow a force of 500 to 800 fighters to penetrate the Ethiopian security zone and advance into the re
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July-August 2022 incursion by Somali militants
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_al-Shabaab_invasion_of_Ethiopia
date created:
2022-07-30T19:54:36Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T05:25:21Z
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