Battle of Kulbiyow

Battle of Kulbiyow
Part of the War in Somalia

An Al-Shabaab fighter inside the Kulbiyow military base following the battle.
Date27 January 2017
Location
Kulbiyow, Somalia–Kenya border[1]
Result Major Al-Shabaab victory[2]
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab

AMISOM

Somalia Federal Government of Somalia
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Kenya Maj. Denis Girenge (WIA)[3]
(Company OC)
Kenya Maj. Mwangi †[4]
(Artillery Battery Commander)
Kenya Capt. Silas Ekidor †[4]
(Infantry Second Officer in Charge)
Somalia Capt. Nur Muhidin[5]
(Somali commander)
Units involved
Saleh al Nabhan Battalion[6]

Kenya Kenya Army

Somalia Somali Armed Forces
Strength

150–Hundreds[7][a]

250[3]

  • Kenya 120[5]
  • Somalia Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown[b] Kenya 40–67+[c] KDF soldiers killed, several captured[6]
Somalia Several killed[5]

The Battle of Kulbiyow took place on 27 January 2017, when al-Shabaab militants attacked and took control of the military base and town of Kulbiyow, held by the Somali Armed Forces and the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).

  1. ^ Williams (2018), p. 202.
  2. ^ a b c d Harun Maruf (29 January 2017). "Analysis: With one attack, al-Shabaab targets three elections". Daily Maverick.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Fred Mukinda (5 February 2018). "KDF commander recounts Shabaab attack". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Nyambega Gisesa (30 January 2017). "Kenya: Gallant Soldiers Fought to Their Last Breath to Repulse Attackers". AllAfrica.com.
  5. ^ a b c d Jason Burke (27 January 2017). "Witnesses say dozens killed in al-Shabaab attack on Kenyan troops". The Guardian.
  6. ^ a b c d Caleb Weiss (31 January 2017). "Shabaab details deadly raid on Kenyan military base in Somalia". Long War Journal.
  7. ^ Anzalone (2018), p. 13.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Beeders was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Abdikarim Hussein (1 February 2017). "KDF survivor reveals more DISTURBING details of the Kulbiyow attack". tuko.
  10. ^ Harun Maruf (27 January 2017). "Al-Shabab Captures Somali Military Base". Voice of America.


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