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- The Somali Civil War - Every Month (1978-Present) sources:
- Books:
- Somalia: State Collapse, Multilateral Intervention, and Strategies for Political Reconstruction by Terrence Lyons and Ahmed I. Samatar
- Suicidal State in Somalia - The Rise and Fall of the Siad Barre Regime, 1969-1991 by Mohamed Haji Ingiriis
- Somalia in Transition since 2006 by Shaul Shay
- Websites:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee72HqxI_2I
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullahi_Yusuf_Ahmed
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Somali_Civil_War
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Salvation_Democratic_Front
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaaq_genocide
- http://shcas.shnu.edu.cn/_upload/article/files/f4/e2/4c0522234a98a0a7ed66aec4d4e2/7b2a673e-fa6e-4c1b-835d-2eb34c65098e.pdf
- http://www.arlaadinet.com/unosom.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_National_Movement
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Ethiopian%E2%80%93Somali_Border_War
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Rebellion
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Somali_Congress
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Patriotic_Movement
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Somali_Unionist_Movement
- https://search.archives.un.org/somali-african-muki-organization-samo
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Task_Force
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gothic_Serpent
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Ali_Atto
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_Farrah_Aidid
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullahi_Yusuf_Ahmed
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_Sudi_Yalahow
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahanweyn_Resistance_Army
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Said_Hersi_Morgan
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juba_Valley_Alliance
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Somali_Forces
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Itihaad_al-Islamiya
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_national_government,_Republic_of_Somalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia_Reconciliation_and_Restoration_Council
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-piracy_measures_in_Somalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_off_the_coast_of_Somalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ocean_Shield
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Atalanta
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_the_Restoration_of_Peace_and_Counter-Terrorism
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_of_the_Islamic_Courts_Union
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Courts_Union
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(2006)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union_Mission_to_Somalia_(2007%E2%80%93present)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galmudug
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_Somalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_in_Somalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia_War_(2006%E2%80%932009)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabhatul_Islamiya
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muaskar_Anole
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_Kamboni_Brigades
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Al-Shabaab_related_events
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_Somalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhusamareb_airstrike
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beledweyne_(2008)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hizbul_Islam
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Central_Somalia_(2009)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(2009)
- https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/gulf-of-aden-security-review/gulf-of-aden-security-review-september-21-2009
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Said_Atom
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linda_Nchi
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_timeline_of_the_War_in_Somalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_timeline_of_the_War_in_Somalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_timeline_of_the_War_in_Somalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_timeline_of_the_War_in_Somalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhtar_Robow
- https://ctc.usma.edu/app/uploads/2017/11/CTC-Sentinel_Vol10Iss10-18.pdf
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_in_Somalia
- https://ctc.usma.edu/reigniting-rivalry-islamic-state-somalia-vs-al-shabaab/
- https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/05/29/us-airstrikes-interrupt-isis-and-al-shabaab-battleground/
- Somalia Books timeline:
- 1983-1988: The United States and Italy backed the government,
- however the US stopped supporting the government in 1988
- 1984:
- July: Attacks on Berbera, Burco and Hargeisa by the Somali National Movement increased
- 1988:
- July(?): Protests occur in Hargeysa and are brutally crushed
- 1989:
- A Mutiny in Galkayo occurs
- March: The Somali Patriotic Movement fights the Government in Afmadow (Afmadu)
- May: The Somali National Movement captures Burco (Burao) and reaches but not captures
- Hargeisa
- July 14th: Protests occur in Mogadishu and are heavily crushed by Government
- forces
- Late 1989: Demonstrations and Riots continue against the government
- 1990: The Somali Democratic Movement and the United Somali Congress forms the Somali Liberation Army, the Somali Patrotic Movement and the Southern Somali National Movement later join the group
- June: Protests surround the Court House and Presidential Palace in Mogadishu
- July:
- 6: Soccer fans boo at an image of the Regime's leader and are shot by military police
- Mid 1990: Protests, Riots and Demonstrations rapidly increased as the regime
- loses territory left and right
- Throughout 1991: Regime Loyalists (Members of the leader's clan, soldiers loyal
- to the former regime, etc) move south, then up the Juba River into Ethiopia
- December:
- 30: United Somali Congress fighters capture Hiilweyne and enter Mogadishu
- 1991:
- January: The United Somali Congress is divided between Ali Mahdi north of Mogadishu and Farah
- Aideed south of Mogadishu after the fall of the regime
- Possibly in January, the Somali Patriotic Front split between Colonel Omar
- Jess and General Morgan, fighting largely within Kismayo and Bardera
- Possibly in February: Regime Loyalists evacuate Afgooye and moved away from the town
- April: Regime Loyalists and the Somali National Front (A regime loyalist group)
- fight against the United Somali Congress from Kisamyo to Mogadishu and Central
- Somalia, they retreated afterwards
- 24: Regime Loyalists move north from Kismayo
- June: Fighting between Ali Mahdi and Aideed occurs possibly in Central(ish)
- Somalia
- September: Fighting occurs between the two factions again, Regime Loyalists seize Baidoa
- October: Fighting continues between Ali Mahdi and Aideed
- November: Fighting possibly in Mogadishu occurrs by the factions again
- 1992:
- The Somali National Alliance (SNA) is formed by Aideed
- Fighting between Isee and Habir Unis clans occurred
- May: Regime Loyalists attempt to capture Mogadishu but is defeated at Baledogle, Airport(?) by Somali Liberation Army
- March: Fighting occurs between Ali Mahdi and Aideed in Mogadishu
- December
- 5: The Unified Task Force is formed and deploys UN Peacekeeping troops in Baidoa, X(H)udder, Baledogle, Jalalaqsi, Beledwayne, Bardera, Kismayo, Marka and Mogadishu
- 1993: The Somali Democratic Movement/Bonka is formed by Baidoa
- January: General Morgan infiltrates Kismayo and his forces are attacked by US
- gunships
- February:
- Belgian Peacekeepers take control of Kismayo
- 24-25: Protests reportedly loyal to Aideed sacks the Egyptian Embassy
- and attack UN Peacekeeping troops
- March:
- 16: General Morgan attack Kismayo and take control of the town
- April: Omar Jess attacks Kismayo
- May: Fighting occurs in Kismayo
- 5: Zimbabwe UN Peacekeeping troops control Wajid
- June:
- 5: An armed group of Somalis (Probably Aideed's forces) attack Pakistani UN peacekeepers
- in Mogadishu
- 1995: Omar Haji Massale occupies Gedo and Aadan Gabyow occupies Middle Juba
- March:
- 19: The Pan-Digil and Mirifle Congress forms the Riverine State in Juba (Upper and Lower) and Banadir regions in Baidoa
- December:
- 24: An Islamic Court in Northern Mogadishu is formed
- 1996: The Islamic Court Union is defacto formed
- June:
- 24: Musa Yadi Yalahow rises up as a new warlord in Southern Mogadishu
- July: Aideed's forces attack Yadi's forces in the Medina area of Southern Mogadishu
- 1997: Al-Qaeda sets up a base in Ras Kamboi
- 1997-98: Al-Qaeda groups (Specifically Al-Ittihad) formed Sharia courts in South Mogadishu
- and Merca
- 1998: Bakool is captured by the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA)
- September: Xudder is captured by the RRA
- 1999: Bay is captured by the RRA
- 2005:
- November: Al-Qaeda linked Sharia court militias (More then likely the Islamic
- Courts Union) shut down cinemas in Northern Mogadishu over Western films being
- played
- 2006:
- March: Fighting breaks down between the ARPCT and the Islamic Court Union in Mogadishu
- 05: Eritrea is sanctioned for backing the Islamic Court Union by the UN and United States
- Eritrea gives weapons, ammunition and other forms of equipment
- June: The Islamic Court Union changes it's name to the Supreme Council of Islamic Courts
- July: Iran ships arms and medical supplies to the Supreme
- Council
- 19: The Supreme Council captures Bur Hakaba
- October:
- 12: ICU and forces loyal to the Government fight in Buale (Dujuma)
- 13: Islamist protests burns copies of Newspapers cricitizing Islamists in Burco
- 17: Awdal News Network reports of a Supreme Council branch in Burco, Somaliland
- November:
- 5: Fighting occurs in Galinsoor between Puntland and the Supreme Council
- 19: Fighting occurs between Ethiopia and the Supreme Council in the Galguduud province
- 2008:
- July: Fighting breaks out between the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) and Al-Shabaab in the
- Southwestern and Central areas of Somalia
- December: the ASWJ is backed by the Government and Ethiopia
- 2009:
- January: Kismayo residents riots against al-Shabaab after transforming a
- soccer stadium into a market
- 13: Gunmen from an Islamist faction (Possibly Al-Shabaab) reaches central Mogadishu
- Late-September: The Government captures Beledweyne from
- Hizb al-Islam
- 2010:
- January: Insurgent groups had effectively strong control
- outside of Mogadishu and Baidoa in areas south of Puntland
- December: Al-Shabaab captures an infamous pirate base from Hizb
- al-Islam
- 2011:
- Turkey establishes strong ties to Somalia, effectively allying
- with Somalia
- September:
- 10: Islamists (Probably from Al-Shabaab) attack a resort in Kiwayu
- October:
- 1: Gunmen land and attack the Manda bay main beach
- 16: Kenya crosses Somalia from the Kenyan town of Liboi
- 17: Kenya captures the El Waq (Gedo Region)
- 18: Kenya captures Afmadow
- 20: Kenya captures Ras Kamboni
- 21: Kenya captures Oddo and Kolnio
- 27: Al-Shabaab attacks Mandera, Kenya
- 28: Kenyan troops are ambushed 60 kms from the border
- along the route towards Kismayo
- November: Kenya sieges Kismayo
- 6: Al-Shabaab attack Mandera, Kenya again
- 7: Al-Shabaab attacks Damajale, Kenya
- 9: Al-Shabaab attacks El Waq in Mandera, Kenya(?)
- 11: Al-Shabaab captures Tabda and Dhobley, Protests in Mogadishu
- occur against Kenya's intervention against Islamists
- 19: Ethiopia sends troops and seizes towns in Central Somalia
- near the Somalia-Ethiopian Border
- 23: Al-Shabaab attacks a Military Convoy 10 kms from Liboi
- December:
- 31: Beledweyne is captured by Ethiopian troops
- 2012:
- January:
- 11: Al-Shabaab attacked Gerille camp in Wajir District, Kenya
- February:
- 19: Al-Shabaab attack a police station in Hulugho, Kenya
- May:
- 30: Kenya capture Xayo
- 31: Kenya and Somali government forces recapture Afmadow from
- Al-Shabaab
- September:
- 1: Kenya and Government forces attack and capture Miido
- Possibly in September: Fighting 40 kms from Kismayo occurs in
- the Battle of Birta Dheer
- 2013:
- June: Ahmed Madobe is leader of Jubaland, which is not recognized
- by Somalia as the leader
- 19: Al-Shabaab attacks an UN compound in Mogadishu
- October:
- 5: The United States SEALS attacks a Al-Shabaab commander in Baraawe
- 2015:
- November: Former deputy emir of Al-Shabaab, Hussein Abdi Gedi is killed in Middle Juba after fighting Al-Shabaab in support of ISIS
- Pro-ISIS militants fight in Saacow
- December: ISIS militants attack Qunyo Barrow (South of Haramka)
- Possibly between November and December: Fighting is reported by Government forces in Lower Shabelle and Bay administrative, suggesting ISIS has an underrated presence from Middle Juba all the way to areas near
- Baidoa and Mogadishu
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