# Somali security operations against Al-Shabaab

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/somali-security-operations-against-al-shabaab
> Updated: 2026-08-08T08:24:05.000Z. Sources: 2. Developments: 2.

Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has intensified operations against Al-Shabaab through both targeted raids and arrests.

In Hirshabelle State, NISA and international partners conducted coordinated raids in Miirtaqwo and Tardo. These operations destroyed a propaganda facility used by the Al-Andalus radio outlet and resulted in the deaths of two senior propaganda officials, including Abdisamad Mohamed, along with 14 other fighters.

Following these regional operations, security efforts shifted toward the capital, where NISA arrested nine suspects in the Mogadishu area. Authorities identified a network within the detainees that was allegedly planning attacks against civilians to destabilize the city.

## Timeline

### 2026-08-08: Somalia arrests nine Al-Shabaab suspects in Mogadishu

Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency arrested nine Al-Shabaab suspects in Mogadishu, accusing them of planning attacks against civilians to destabilize the capital.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/somalia-arrests-nine-al-shabaab-suspects-in-mogadishu

### 2026-07-26: Somalia's NISA kills two Al-Shabaab propaganda chiefs and 14 fighters in Hirshabelle raids

Somalia’s NISA, with international partners, eliminated two senior Al‑Shabaab propaganda leaders and 14 militants in raids across Hirshabelle, destroying a propaganda facility and a vehicle.

4 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/somalias-nisa-kills-two-al-shabaab-propaganda-chiefs-and-14-fighters-in-hirshabelle-raids

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