Somalia's comprehensive war on Al-Shabaab...achievements and challenges. The surge of Somali forces and their allies has led to the movement's decline in many of its strongholds in the Hiran, Middle Shabelle and Galmudug regions.
A similar violent attack by the movement on the Hyatt Hotel in Mogadishu on August 20, 2022 was one of the reasons that prompted the newly elected Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, to declare a comprehensive war.