Monday September 22, 2025
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali National Army (SNA) Commander Gen.
Odowaa Yusuf Rageh on Saturday held talks with Gen. Abdirahman Mohamed
Tuuryare, Somalia’s Representative to the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism
Coalition (IMCTC) and former NISA Director, at the Ministry of Defence
headquarters in Mogadishu.
The two senior officials discussed strengthening the role of
the Somali National Army in international counter-terrorism cooperation and
enhancing collaboration with global partners to ensure stability in Somalia and
the wider region.
Gen. Tuuryare briefed the Army Chief on IMCTC’s operations,
highlighting its efforts in countering extremist ideology and disrupting
terrorist financing networks.
Somalia has been actively engaged in international
counter-terrorism cooperation in recent years, as foreign jihadists continue to
travel to the country to join Al-Shabaab and ISIS militants fighting Somali and
peacekeeping forces.
The Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF), working alongside
international partners, have killed and captured dozens of foreign fighters
linked to the extremist groups during operations in Puntland and central and
southern Somalia.