### [2025-03-12](/feed/2025/03/12/index.md)

##### Somali Civil War
# Somali security forces end the 24-hour siege at a hotel in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia, with more than fifteen civilians and all six Al-Shabaab attackers killed. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/somalia-attack-cairo-hotel-beledweyne-shabab-siege-54575e8873eae84990b61f75b4fa2811?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share)
2. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gdjd57lro.amp)

### Changes:

1. Somali security forces have ended a 24-hour siege at a hotel in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia, after more than 18 civilians were killed and more were injured, including all the Al Shabaab militants who launched the attack.  _2025-03-13 01:30:07 (First version)_
1. Somali security forces end the 24-hour siege at a hotel in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia, with more than fifteen civilians and all six Al-Shabaab attackers killed.  _(Current version)_

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