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The Battle of Mogadishu (Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit. 'Day of the Rangers'), also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent.It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregulars of south Mogadishu.
The Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, also known as the Ethiopian occupation of Somalia [34] or the Ethiopian intervention in the Somali Civil War, was an armed conflict that lasted from late 2006 to early 2009.
[82] [66] The invasion failed to empower the Transitional Federal Government, which only controlled parts of Mogadishu and its original 2006 capital of Baidoa by the last weeks of the military occupation. [82] [83] The Ethiopian army withdrew from Somalia with significant casualties and little to show for their efforts. [84]
Somalia Supported by: United States Derg: Stalemate. Ethiopian invasion halted [14] [15] Ethiopia occupies the border towns of Galdogob and Balanbale until 1988 [16] The United States delivers emergency military and economic aid to Somalia [14] [17] 1986 – present Somali Civil War Somalia United States [18] [19] Supported by: Italy [20 ...
2006–09: Invasion: ... Somalia topped the annual Fragile States Index for six years from 2008 up to and including 2013. [87] In October 2011, ...
Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted in Mogadishu, Somalia, by an American force code-named Task Force Ranger during the Somali Civil War in 1993. The primary objective of the operation was to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid, leader of the Somali National Alliance who was wanted by the UNOSOM II in response to his attacks against United Nations troops.
Somalia's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Two Osa Missile Boats belonging to the Somali Navy, during the 1983 US-Somali Operation Bright Star.. The military history of Somalia encompasses the major conventional wars, conflicts and skirmishes involving the historic empires, kingdoms and sultanates in the territory of present-day Somalia, through to modern times.
Desert locusts are destroying tens of thousands of hectares of crops and grazing land in Somalia in the worst invasion in 25 years, the United Nations food agency said on Wednesday, and the ...