Somalia: Ahlu Sunna Wal-jamaca (ASWJ) forces seize strategic town of El-Bur in central Somalia
The pro-Somali government forces of Ahlu Sunna Waljam’a (ASWJ) backed by Ethiopian troops have taken full control of a strategic town in central Somalia after Al-Shabaab fighters vacated the town following no heavy battles, an official confirmed.
Heavily armed Ethiopian troops along with Ahlu Sunna soldiers chased away hundreds of al-Shabaab fighters from El-Bur town in Galgadud region, centralsomalia, and seized the town late on Monday afternoon.
Sheik Ahmed (Ilka-ase), the deputy chairman of executive council for Ahlu Sunna, told Shabelle Media by phone while he was in El-Bur that al-Shabaab fighters abandoned the town without any bloody clashes on Monday as columns of Ethiopian and Somali forces advanced.
He added that Ahlu Sunna fighters supporting by Ethiopian troops are in full control of the town and will restore it the law and order as soon as possible.