Transitional Federal Government ARS-Djibouti Ethiopia AMISOM
Preceded by Islamic Courts Union
Succeeded by Hizbul Islam (2009–2010) al-Shabaab (2010-) Raskamboni movement (2010-)
The Ras Kamboni Brigades also known as the Ras Kamboni Brigade, Muaskar Ras Kamboni or Mu'askar Ras Kamboni was an Islamist insurgent group active in Somalia (mostly in the Jubbalands), which took part in the anti-Ethiopian insurgency and later in the insurgency against the new Transitional Federal Government of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. It was founded by Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki, who was a commander of the Islamic Courts Union and the commander of its predecessor Itihaad al Islamiyah.[2] In January 2009, after the Ethiopian withdrawal they merged with the Asmara-based wing of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, led by Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, Jabhatul Islamiya ("Islamic Front"), led by Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Hayle and Muaskar Anole ("Anole School") to form Hizbul Islam and continue the war against the TFG.[3] During the 2009 Battle of Mogadishu, where in Hizbul Islam took part, Hassan Turki led a group of fighters from the Ras Kamboni Brigade from Kisimayo to Mogadishu as reinforcements, to join the battle.[4]
In February 2010, the group left Hizbul Islam and joined Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahedeen.[5] After Sheikh Hassan al-Turkey joined al-Shabaab, defecting commander Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam "Madobe" left the organisation to form his own anti-al-Shabaab militia, the Raskamboni movement.
refused to support the RasKamboniBrigades, meanwhile Anole remained neutral. It also led to a split within the RasKamboniBrigades, with a faction led...
Little is known about the group. On 21 April 2009, Anole and the RasKambonibrigades fought each other in a village called Abdalla Birole, which lies...
helped the TFG solidify its rule. On January 8, 2007, as the Battle of RasKamboni raged, TFG President and founder Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed entered Mogadishu...
leaders of the al-Shabaab faction within ICU and the Ogaden clan RasKamboniBrigades led by Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki over the position of the military...
Islamists al-Shabab 'join al-Qaeda fight'". BBC. February 1, 2010. "RasKamboniBrigade". Stanford University. December 23, 2015. "Turf war in Kismayo"....
rival ICU and solidify its rule. On January 8, 2007, as the Battle of RasKamboni raged just south of Kismayo, the TFG relocated from its interim location...
in Addis Ababa. All Jubaland security personnel (principally the RasKamboniBrigades) would be integrated into the Somali National Army. This did not...
Aweys' Asmara-based wing of the ARS, Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki's RasKamboniBrigade, Jabhatul Islamiya and Muaskar Anole joined to form a new group called...
Kismayo (2009), an offensive begun by Sheikh Ahmed "Madobe" and his RasKamboniBrigade forces Battle of Kismayo (2012), an offensive led by Somali National...
the War in Somalia, Mohammed was thought to be in the border area near RasKamboni, along with remnants of the Islamic Courts Union. On 8 January 2007,...
of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) operating in southern Somalia near RasKamboni. US naval forces, including the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower...
January Tunisian troops engage in a shootout with Islamists. Battle of RasKamboni 5–12 January The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, in coalition...
Somalia. On 8 January 2007, the U.S. launched the Battle of RasKamboni by bombing RasKamboni using AC-130 gunships. On 14 September 2009, U.S. Special...
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