Luuq ? Hundreds of fresh Ethiopian troops have on Saturday crossed into Somalia to join the ongoing regional battle against Al Qaeda-affiliated militants of Al shabab in South-western Somalia, residents and officials said.
Reports said about 50 battle wagons carrying Ethiopian soldiers entered in the border town of Luuqin Gedo region where Somali government troops are based and battling with Al shabab fighters for years.
In an attempt to verify this report, Shabelle Media contacted on the phone with Somali military commanders in the region, but the commanders declined to comments, saying they were not authorized to speak to the Media.
Meanwhile, Al shabab fighters in Gedo region are reportedly began military exercises and reinforcements to defend an offensive fro Somali and Ethiopian troops massing in the areas near their strongholds.
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