Somaliland forces

E384000

armed group military organization

Somaliland forces are the military and security units aligned with the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, active primarily in northern Somalia during the Somali Civil War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Somaliland Armed Forces	1
Somaliland National Army	1
Somaliland forces canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed group ⓘ military organization ⓘ
allegiance	Somaliland ⓘ surface form: Republic of Somaliland
commandStructure	Government of Somaliland ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence of Somaliland Ministry of Interior of Somaliland ⓘ
conflict	Somali Civil War ⓘ
controls	Berbera ⓘ Borama ⓘ Burao ⓘ Erigavo ⓘ Hargeisa ⓘ
country	Somaliland ⓘ
engagedIn	clashes with Puntland forces ⓘ conflict over Buuhoodle area ⓘ conflict over Sanaag region ⓘ conflict over Sool region ⓘ
engagesIn	counterinsurgency operations ⓘ counterterrorism operations ⓘ peacekeeping within Somaliland territory ⓘ
equipmentSource	captured Somali National Army equipment ⓘ locally purchased arms ⓘ regional arms markets ⓘ
foundedAfter	declaration of independence of Somaliland in 1991 ⓘ
garrison	Hargeisa ⓘ
hasPart	Somaliland Coast Guard ⓘ Somaliland Intelligence Service ⓘ Somaliland forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Somaliland National Army Somaliland Police Force ⓘ
ideology	Somaliland–Somalia dispute ⓘ surface form: Somaliland nationalism
language	Somali ⓘ
legalStatus	unrecognized under international law as a separate national military ⓘ
notableEngagement	Las Anod clashes ⓘ Sool and Sanaag skirmishes with Puntland-aligned militias ⓘ
operatesIn	Somaliland ⓘ northern Somalia ⓘ
originatedFrom	Somali National Movement fighters ⓘ
partOf	security apparatus of Somaliland ⓘ
primaryOpponent	Somali National Movement opponents during late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ
primaryRole	border security ⓘ defense of Somaliland ⓘ internal security ⓘ
recognizedBy	no United Nations member state as a separate national military ⓘ
region	Horn of Africa ⓘ
secondaryLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ
status	de facto armed forces of Somaliland ⓘ
trainingSupport	limited foreign military training partnerships ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Somali Civil War → hasParticipant → Somaliland forces ⓘ

Puntland–Somaliland conflict → involves → Somaliland forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somaliland Armed Forces

Somaliland forces → hasPart → Somaliland forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somaliland National Army