The ongoing phase of the Somali Civil War began in 2009 and is concentrated in southern and central Somalia, primarily between the forces of the Federal Government of Somalia, assisted by African Unio
Somali National Army soldier with an RPG-7, 2021
Al-Shabaab fighters in Ethiopia, July 2022
SSC Khaatumo T-55 tank facing off with Somaliland troops during Las Anod war, 2023
Somali National Army captures forest positions from Al-Shabaab, 2023
War in Somalia (2006–2009)
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The Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, also known as the Ethiopian occupation of Somalia was an armed conflict lasting from mid-2006 to early 2009. It began when Ethiopian military forces, supported by th
Ethiopian National Defense Force soldier training with the U.S. troops in Hurso, Somali Region of Ethiopia (Dec 2006)
U.S. military forces transporting supplies with a C-130 at a remote airstrip in southern Ethiopia (Dec 2006)
ENDF T-55 tank captured by ICU fighters at the Idaale front (Dec 2006)