1991 Zeila incursion

1991 Zeila incursion
	Part of the Somaliland War of Independence
	Zeila Loyada Garisa 1991 Zeila incursion (Awdal) Zeila Loyada Garisa 1991 Zeila incursion (Somaliland); Zeyla triangle
Date	9 February 1991
Location	Zeila, Somaliland
Result	SNM victory; SNM recaptures Zeila, Loyada and Garisa;
Belligerents
United Somali Front (USF); Supported by:; Djibouti; Somali regime remnants	Somali National Movement (SNM)
Commanders and leaders
Abdirahman Dualeh Ali; Hassan Gouled Aptidon; Ismail Omar Guelleh	Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur
Strength
500	Unknown

The 1991 Zeila incursion (Somali: Dagaalkii Saylac) was a Djiboutian-backed incursion during the Somaliland War of Independence led by the United Somali Front (USF), purporting to politically represent the Issa clans in the western Awdal region of Somaliland,^[1] with the goal of annexing the towns of Zeila, Loyada and Gerisa (Zeyla triangle) to Djibouti.^[2]^[3]

A combined force of United Somali Front (USF) militia fighters mostly consisting of Issa from Djibouti and remnant Somalian regiments of the Darod clan entered Somaliland and temporarily took over parts of western Awdal, including Zeila, Loyada and Gerisa, before being routed by SNM forces.^[3]

^ "Somalia: Civil War, Intervention and Withdrawal 1990 - 1995". Refworld. Retrieved 2024-11-11. This is a marginal front which purports to be the political expression of the Issa clans. Based in the extreme northwest (i.e. the Westernmost part of the self-proclaimed Somaliland Republic), it is supported by the Republic of Djibouti which is also politically dominated by the Issa. The USF did not fight during the civil war. Since the war ended in the North in 1991, it has several times tried to detach the Issa-populated area (the Loyada-Garissa-Zeyla triangle) from the rest of 'Somaliland'. Each time it has been swiftly crushed by SNM forces.
^ Lewis, I. M. (1994). Blood and Bone: The Call of Kinship in Somali Society. The Red Sea Press. ISBN 978-0-932415-93-6.
^ ^a ^b Gurdon, Charles (1996). "The Horn of Africa". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 59 (1): 63. doi:10.1017/S0041977X0002927X. ISSN 1474-0699.

[:1-1] "Somalia: Civil War, Intervention and Withdrawal 1990 - 1995". Refworld. Retrieved 2024-11-11. This is a marginal front which purports to be the political expression of the Issa clans. Based in the extreme northwest (i.e. the Westernmost part of the self-proclaimed Somaliland Republic), it is supported by the Republic of Djibouti which is also politically dominated by the Issa. The USF did not fight during the civil war. Since the war ended in the North in 1991, it has several times tried to detach the Issa-populated area (the Loyada-Garissa-Zeyla triangle) from the rest of 'Somaliland'. Each time it has been swiftly crushed by SNM forces.

[2] Lewis, I. M. (1994). Blood and Bone: The Call of Kinship in Somali Society. The Red Sea Press. ISBN 978-0-932415-93-6.

[:2-3] Gurdon, Charles (1996). "The Horn of Africa". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 59 (1): 63. doi:10.1017/S0041977X0002927X. ISSN 1474-0699.

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