Somali National Alliance

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armed group militia alliance political coalition

The Somali National Alliance was a major Somali militia and political coalition led by warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid that played a central role in the country's civil war in the early 1990s.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Somali National Alliance canonical	6
Somali National Alliance–Somali National Front factions	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed group ⓘ militia alliance ⓘ political coalition ⓘ
activePeriod	early 1990s ⓘ
allianceType	clan-based alliance ⓘ
areaOfOperation	Mogadishu ⓘ southern Somalia ⓘ
armedConflictType	non-state armed group in internal conflict ⓘ
armedWing	militia forces loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid ⓘ
associatedClan	Hawiye ⓘ
associatedSubclan	Habr Gedir ⓘ
conflict	Somali Civil War ⓘ
country	Somalia ⓘ
ethnicComposition	predominantly Hawiye fighters ⓘ
formedFrom	Hawiye clan-based militias ⓘ
goal	control of southern Somalia ⓘ seizure of power in Mogadishu ⓘ
headquarters	Mogadishu ⓘ
internationalPerception	warlord-led faction ⓘ
involvedIn	attacks on UN peacekeepers in Somalia ⓘ urban warfare in Mogadishu ⓘ
leader	Mohamed Farrah Aidid ⓘ
notableEventInvolvement	Battle of Mogadishu ⓘ surface form: Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
notableIncident	ambush of Pakistani UN peacekeepers on 5 June 1993 ⓘ
notableLeader	Hussein Mohamed Farrah ⓘ
opponent	United Somali Congress ⓘ surface form: Ali Mahdi Mohamed faction UNOSOM II ⓘ surface form: United Nations Operation in Somalia II United States military forces in Somalia ⓘ
politicalAim	establish dominance over rival Somali factions in Mogadishu ⓘ
politicalOrientation	anti-U.S. intervention in Somalia ⓘ anti-UNOSOM II ⓘ
roleInConflict	major faction in the Somali Civil War ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	Somali National Alliance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Somali National Alliance–Somali National Front factions
timeframe	post-1991 collapse of the Siad Barre regime ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Gothic Serpent → opponent → Somali National Alliance ⓘ

Battle of Mogadishu → belligerent → Somali National Alliance ⓘ

Somali National Alliance → successor → Somali National Alliance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somali National Alliance–Somali National Front factions

Gothic Serpent → opponent → Somali National Alliance ⓘ

Task Force Ranger → opponent → Somali National Alliance ⓘ

Rahanweyn Resistance Army → opposedGroup → Somali National Alliance ⓘ

United Somali Congress → successor → Somali National Alliance ⓘ