The Somaliland Armed Forces @NationalDF is set to announce live-fire military exercises in Bender Wanaag, Maroodi Jeex, from Oct. 30โNov. 15, with a possible extension.
Aviation is warned to avoid the area space below 5,000 ft due to extensive live-fire drills.
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Somaliland Armed Forcesโ @NationalDF newly acquired armed drones reportedly boast 72-hour endurance, 2,200+ km range and a 500 kg payload.
A potential game-changer for the military balance and geopolitics of the Horn of Africa.
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๐จ WAR DEGDEG AH | JAMHUURIYADDA SOMALILAND
CIIDANKA QARANKA SOMALILAND OO SHAACIYEY DHOOLATUS MILATARI OO TAARIIKHI AH
Hargeysa | 28 Oktoobar 2026
Taliyaha Ciidanka Qaranka Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland ayaa shaaciyey dhoolatus milatari oo baaxad weyn, kaas oo lagu qaban doono saldhigga Badarwanaag ee duleedka magaalada Hargeysa.
Dhoolatuskan oo lagu tilmaamay midkii ugu horreeyey ee noociisa ah taariikhda Ciidanka Qaranka Somaliland ayaa la filayaa in lagu soo bandhigo gaadiid dagaal oo culus, madaafiic casri ah, hub noocyo kala duwan leh iyo qalab milatari oo cusub.
Waxaa sidoo kale suuragal ah in Ciidanka Cirka Somaliland ay ka qayb qaataan dhoolatuskan, inkasta oo aan weli si rasmi ah loo xaqiijin.
Dhoolatuskan ayaa la filayaa inuu muujiyo heerka diyaargarowga, awoodda difaaca, casriyeynta hubka iyo horumarka Ciidanka Qaranka Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland.
Faahfaahin dheeraad ah kala soco Waayo-Arag & Waayaha Maanta.
๐จ BREAKING | #Somaliland launches โHEEGAN 2026,โ its first annual military exercise.
Led by Brigadier General Nimcaan Yuusuf Gaaxnuug, the Somaliland National Army today began the large-scale exercise in Benderwanaag, Maroodi Jeex region.
Running over the coming weeks, the exercise will involve live-fire drills using tanks, artillery, armoured vehicles and drones to strengthen military readiness and coordination.
The army plans to hold the exercise annually.
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Somaliland Launches โHeegan 2026โ Military Drills Involving Tanks and Drones
horndiplomat.com/somaliland-โฆ #Somaliland #Horndiplomat via @HornDiplomat
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Somaliland's Chief of General Staff, Brig. Gen. Nimcaan Yuusuf Cismaan, (@nimcaanyo2) has opened HEEGAAN 2026, the national army's first annual field exercise, in Bandarwanaag.
The exercise brings together units and formations from across the Somaliland National Armed Forces.
(Source: Somaliland National Armed Forces)
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ยซHEEGAN 2026ยป ูู ู
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ุฑ ูุนุฏุฉ ุฃุณุงุจูุนุ ูู ุฅุทุงุฑ ุฑูุน ุงูุฌุงูุฒูุฉ ุงููุชุงููุฉ ูุชุทููุฑ ุงูุชูุณูู ุจูู ู
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The Somaliland Armed Forces are preparing for HEEGAN 2026, a large-scale military exercise featuring live-fire and coordinated drills across land, air, and sea, demonstrating combat readiness, joint-force coordination, and operational capability.
#Somaliland | Somaliland National Army Launches First Annual Military Exercise
The Somaliland National Army today launched its first annual military exercise in Benderwanaag, in the Maroodi Jeex region, led by Brigadier General Nimcaan Yuusuf Gaaxnuug.
The large-scale exercise, named โHEEGAN 2026โ, will continue over the coming weeks, involving live-fire drills using tanks, artillery, armoured vehicles and drones. It aims to strengthen military readiness and coordination, with plans to hold the exercise annually.
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๐จ BREAKING | #Somaliland launches โHEEGAN 2026,โ its first annual military exercise.
Led by Brigadier General Nimcaan Yuusuf Gaaxnuug, the Somaliland National Army today began the large-scale exercise in Benderwanaag, Maroodi Jeex region.
Running over the coming weeks, the exercise will involve live-fire drills using tanks, artillery, armoured vehicles and drones to strengthen military readiness and coordination.
The army plans to hold the exercise annually.
Good Job @SomalilandNIA
Somaliland firmly rejects any attempt to undermine our sovereignty and national security.
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The rock-solid Somaliland-Israel partnership!
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โThe Day Trump Called Somaliland a Countryโ ๐บ๐ธโจ
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Madaxweynaha JSL ayaa dalka dib ugu soo laabtay, kadib safar shaqo oo taariikhi ah oo uu ku tegay dalka maraykanka kaddib.
SOMALILAND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE PROTECTION UNIT:
An Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) vehicle providing the presidential convoy with an electronic security shield against hostile signals and remotely triggered threats, while supporting secure communications. ๐ก๏ธ๐ก
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The people of Somaliland are friendly, loyal, and reliable partners who value shared democratic principles, and their appreciation of President Trumpโs remarks recognising Somalilandโs distinct democratic identity reflects their commitment to building strong partnerships with like-minded nations.
Welcome back, Commander and Chief, Mr. President. @Abdirahmanirro
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Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland iyo weftigii uu hoggaaminayey oo dalka dib ugu soo noqday
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Somaliland Elites Republican Guard
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#news Fast Fact: Ilhan Omar's dad led de*th squads in Somalia for the oppressive regime that was overthrown, then fled claiming refugee status when his side lost power.
I think now's a good time to remind everyone about who Omar's family is (as she claims weaponization of government for an investigation)
#Somalia
As Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) continues to launch attacks against President Donald Trump claiming he and members of his administration are 'N*zi's' 'fascists' and supporters of 'g*nocide', her family's history and deep connections to one of Africa's most notorious dictatorships is raising questions.
#africa
The regime k*lled from 200,000 to 500,000 civilians, according to United Nations investigations and human rights reports.
The representative's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, rose to the rank of colonel in the Somali National Army under President Mohamed Siad Barre, whose regime unleashed widespread atrocities in the 1980s, including the systematic g*nocide of the Isaaq clan in what is now Somaliland.
#Minnesota
Mohamed held a senior military role during that g*nocidal eraโand her family abruptly took off on a flight from Somalia after Barre's regime was toppled.
These facts are now putting into question Omar's refugee status, with many saying her family should be charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity, rather than given refuge in the United States.
Mohamed, who died in June 2020 at age 67, was remembered in Somalia as a brutal military officer who demanded the same ambitions from his children, including Omar.
He received military training in the Soviet Union during the 1970s, a period when Barre's Marxist government aligned closely with Moscow.
#moscow
Mohamed climbed the ranks, becoming a colonel and commanding a regiment in the 1977-1978 Ogaden War, when Somalia tried to invade failed to invade Ethiopia's Ogaden region - where many Somalians lived.
Fellow officer Yusuf Ismail Faraton, who served alongside him, later praised Mohamed's "significant role" in the invasion.
#ChristinaAguayoNews
โกBy the 1980s, Barre's rule - with a military led by Omar's dad, had devolved into one of Africa's most repressive, abusive and g*nocidal regimes, with the United Nations describing it as having "one of the worst human rights records" on the continent.
โกThe regime targeted the Isaaq clanโ(Mohamed's clan was Majeerteen, allies with Barre) through burning down villages along with the people in them, mass executions, kidnappings, and the razing of entire cities like Hargeisa.
โกAbout 50,000 to 200,000 Isaaq civilians were k*lled, with tens of thousands more displaced or t*rtured, according to human rights investigations.
โกExecution squads, often led by senior officers, (Like Omar's dad) carried out summary k*llings, including the 1989 Jazeera Beach massacre in Mogadishu, where Isaaq detainees were gunned down en masse. (Minneapolis is called little
Mogadishu)
โกMohamed's military career spanned through the exact end to the Barre regime period, from 1978 through 1991, when the people fought back, toppled Barre and plunged Somalia into civil war.
As a colonel from a favored Darod sub-clan, he operated under Barre's command structure, which a 2025 Somaliland Chronicle investigation described as inherently complicit in the g*nocide's planning and execution. - Meaning Omar's dad allegedly planned and executed the genocide of civilians.
The report argues that officers of his rank "would almost certainly have been involved" in disseminating propaganda that dehumanized Isaaq civilians, justifying their extermination as national policy.
U.S. and international courts have held similar Barre-era colonels accountable, however Mohamed escaped, likely due to the chaos of Somalia's collapse and his exile.
Omar's 2020 memoir, This Is What America Looks Like, portrays her father as an "educator" and moral guide who fled Somalia's "civil war" with his family,
She didn't mention his g*enocidal military command during the regime's bloodiest years.
The family spent four years in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp before securing U.S. asylum in 1995.
Critics say this Omar is lying about her politically motivated escape, not from famine or violence, but from people angry and fighting back against the dictatorship he worked for that k*lled hundreds of thousands of people.
"Our family was no longer welcome," Omar said in a 2016 profile
Fact-checkers like Snopes say there are no "definitive sources"
proving that Mohamed took part in the planning of the t*rture, kidnappings and k*llings of civilians in his military role.
However, officials say senior officers in Barre's army weren't passive, they enforced a top-down campaign of clan annihilation / g*nocide.
Mohammed and Omar have been silent when it comes to speaking out against the g*nocide of the Isaaq people and other clans, leading many to say their silence proves they were actively involved in the oppressive regime - especially given her vocal condemnations of other nations' human rights records.
Timeline:
๐ธ๏ธMohamed trained in the USSR (mid-1970s), joined the Somali Army post-1977, led a regiment in the Ogaden War (1977-1978), and served through 1991 amid the Isaaq g*nocide (1987-1989 peak).
๐ธ๏ธBarre's forces razed Hargeisa (90% destroyed), mined water sources, and executed civilians via firing squads.
๐ธ๏ธU.N. reports confirm state-orchestrated g*nocide.
Exiled after Barre's 1991 fall - U.S. asylum granted despite potential war criminal allegations in other cases, per immigration records.
๐ธ๏ธMemoir focuses on father's teaching role and refugee hardships, downplaying military command during the g*nocidal era.
Salute ๐ซก Mr. President
@realDonaldTrump @POTUS





















