Jabhatul Islamiya

(Redirected from Somali Islamic Front)

Jabhatul Islamiya (JABISO) also known as the Somali Islamic Front (SIF) was an Islamist insurgent group in Somalia. The group participated in the 2006-2009 insurgency against Ethiopia and in January 2009 merged with the Asmara based wing of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, led by Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the Ras Kamboni Brigade, led by Sheikh Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki and a smaller group Mu'askar Anole to form Hizbul Islam which became the second most powerful insurgent group (after al-Shabaab) in Somalia which continued fighting the TFG and AMISOM peacekeepers, after Ethiopian withdrawal.[2]

Jabhatul Islamiya
LeadersMohamed Ibrahim Hayle[1]
Dates of operation2007-2009
Group(s)Mainly Hawiye sub-clans
Active regionsSouthern Somalia
AlliesAl-Shabaab
ARS-Eritirea
Ras Kamboni Brigade
Muaskar Anole
OpponentsSomalia Transitional Federal Government
ARS-Djibouti
 Ethiopia
AMISOM
Succeeded by
Hizbul Islam

On 19 January 2009, Jabhatul Islamiya fought a battle over the police headquarters of Mogadishu's Dharkinley district with the Somali government which killed at least 2 people. Jabhatul Islamiya had seized the police station a week earlier but was overpowered and forced to withdraw. Later in the day however they received re-enforcements and managed to re-take control over the police station.[1]

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