jubbaland trains Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a fighters

jubbaland officials in Dolow town ended training of 700 fighters from Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a organization, officials said on Tuesday. The fighters from Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a left from Gedo region in south western Somalia which is under al al shabaab, control. A spokesman for fighters from Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a Sheik Ismail Sufi said a second group from their organization will start training. Sheik Ismail Sufi said the trained fighters will take part for what he called defending of the Islamic religion and the sovereignty of the Somali people from “foreign criminals”. Sheik Ismail Sufi and his supporters left Gedo region when they clashed with fighters from al Shabaab Islamists in the region early this year.
Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a adherents took up arms after al Shabaab desecrated graves respected by the Sufis in Somalia. The move comes as there has been tension in south western Somalia after Ethiopian troops entered parts of the region.

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