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Product 25

25. ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง-๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐€ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ?

๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง-๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐€ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ?

Somalia's Ministry of Defence says approximately 150 fighters surrendered to the Somali National Army. HiFiles independently confirmed the core reporting through its own sources, whose identities are protected for security reasons; some operational details have not been publicly documented. Date: 25 July 2026 Author: Horn Investigative Files (HiFiles) Contact: Info@hifiles.org

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Product 24

24. ๐€๐ฅ-๐’๐ก๐š๐›๐š๐š๐› ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

๐€๐ฅ-๐’๐ก๐š๐›๐š๐š๐› ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

Confidential sources point to new regional appointments, stronger cross-border coordination, and possible links with militant networks extending from East and Southern Africa to West Africa.

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Product 23

23. ๐๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

๐๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

๐‘†๐‘’๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ฅ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ฆ-๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ฆ 2026, โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘ .

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