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Somali President vows to ramp up security operations to regain territories from al-Shabab

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Security forces block a road leading to SYL Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 15, 2024. [Xinhua]

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has vowed to intensify security operations across the country to reclaim territories from al-Shabab terrorists.

The president, who held a strategic meeting with top security and government officials in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, Thursday evening, underlined the government's efforts to eradicate terrorism and called for public support in securing the country.

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