Mahas Town | |
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  Mahas Location in Somalia. | |
| Coordinates: 4°23′27″N46°5′18″E / 4.39083°N 46.08833°E | |
| Country |  Somalia |
| State |  Hirshabelle |
| Region | Hiiraan |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Mahas (also spelled Maxass) is a town in the central Hiran region of Somalia and the capital of its eastern Mahas District. [1]
On 4 January 2023, an al-Shabaab double car bombing killed 35 people. [2]
On 3 September 2023 the town was visited by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to remobilize the local troops [3] after recent defeats at the hands of Al-Shabaab. [4]
Hiran is an administrative region (gobol) in central Somalia and part of the Hirshabelle State.
The War in Somalia, also referred to as the Ethiopian Intervention in Somalia or the Ethiopian Involvement in the Somali Civil War, was a conflict largely involving Ethiopian forces and the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), supplemented by troops from Puntland. The initial adversary in this conflict was the Somali Islamist group, the Islamic Court Union (ICU), but the extremist militant group Al-Shabaab soon took center stage as an insurgency intensified in the wake of the ICU's collapse.
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations Security Council. It was mandated to support transitional governmental structures, implement a national security plan, train the Somali security forces, and to assist in creating a secure environment for the delivery of humanitarian aid. As part of its duties, AMISOM supported the Federal Government of Somalia's forces in their battle against Al-Shabaab militants.
The Somali Civil War (2009–present) is the ongoing phase of the Somali Civil War which is concentrated in southern and central Somalia. It began in late January 2009 with the conflict mainly between the forces of the Federal Government of Somalia assisted by African Union peacekeeping troops and al-Qaeda aligned al-Shabaab militants.
A series of battles in Hiraan, Shabeellaha Dhexe and Galgudug, between rebels of al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam and Somali government forces and ICU militants loyal to the government, erupted during spring 2009. The fighting led to al-Shabaab capturing major government strongholds and Ethiopian forces re-entering Somalia and setting up bases in Hiraan. There was a halt in fighting during a government offensive in Mogadishu, which started on May 22.
This is a 2014 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
Operation Indian Ocean was a joint military operation between the Somali military, AMISOM and the United States military against the Al-Shabaab militant group aimed at eliminating the remaining insurgent-held areas in southern Somalia. It officially began in August 2014.
This is a 2015 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This article contains a timeline of events for the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab.
This is a 2016 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This is a 2018 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
Events in the year 2020 in Somalia.
Events in the year 2021 in Somalia.
This is a 2022 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
Events in the year 2022 in Somalia.
On 3 October 2022 in Beledweyne, Somalia, al-Shabaab used three car bombs to kill at least 20 people.
On 29 October 2022, 121 people were killed and over 300 were injured by a double car bombing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud accused Sunni jihadist group al-Shabaab of carrying out the attacks, which they admitted. The bombing marks the deadliest attack in Somalia since the 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings at the same junction.
Events in the year 2023 in Somalia.
On 4 January 2023, an al-Shabaab double car bombing killed 35 people in Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia.
On September 3, 2022, militants from al-Shabaab ambushed a civilian bus traveling from Beledweyne to Mahas, in Hiran, Somalia. Over twenty civilians were killed, and the bombing occurred in the middle of the 2022 Hiraan offensive by the Somali military against al-Shabaab.
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