Al-shabab struggle for a strategic army army Conflict news

The armed group says she caught control over the city town and his military base, but the Somali Army denies the request.

Al-Shabab Fighters fought with somalal troops and allied forces to control the strategic army in the southern Somalis, the government and military officials are allegations.

Wargaadhi base recording in the Middle Region Shabelle, which meet the key road, between the capital, Mogadishu, 200 km (124 miles), and the central galmugug state as it tries to expand recent gains in the region.

Al-Shabab is fighting the Somal Government for more than 16 years and often the goal of government officials and military personnel. It was said in a statement that his fighters captured the base and the city of Wargaadhi – the claim that the government denied.

The Ministry of Information said in the statement that government forces had killed more than 40 people after trying to attack the base on Thursday morning.

However, the Hussein Army officer, but he said the news agency Reuters that the Armed Group took the city of Wargaadhi after “fierce fighting”.

“Our forces lost 12 men, mostly (clan fighters). It was also killed about 20 al-Shabab fighters,” said Ali. “But the Al-Shabab finally got more reinforcements and managed to catch the city.”

He added that the Somali army was struggling to send reinforcements because it should use routes passing through areas that have Al-Shabab.

Two soldiers cited by Reuters said that government forces, supported by air attacks, managed to reconsider the part of the city.

It was not possible to check the claims that were made anywhere.

Usually offensive

Last week, Al-Shabab claimed she seized control near Adan YabalCity and logistics center of government forces about 220 km (130 miles) north of Mogadishua.

However, Captain Husein Olow, military officer in Adan Yabaal, denied the report, saying that the troops of the Reuters Gurned Group.

Both attacks are part of the offensive that Al-Shabab started last month. The group briefly captured the villages of 50 km (30 miles) Mogadishua, raising fears among the inhabitants of the capital that the city could target.

While the Somali forces returned those villages since then, Al-Shabab continued to progress in the village until the future of the International Security Support Somalier appears increasingly insecure.

A new peacekeeping mission Aficasan Union, and in support and stabilization in Somalia, it has replaced greater force in February, but its funding is uncertain because the United States remains crossing the United Nations Funding.