Chronology of the Somali War

• October 9 - December 22 - Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia to support one of the parties to the civil war in the battles for Baidoa, where the formations of the former Somali government took refuge. The Islamic Courts Union declared jihad of Ethiopia . [1] [2]
• December 20 - the strength of the Ethiopian expeditionary force in Somalia reached 8 thousand soldiers [3]
• December 25 - Ethiopian aviation bombed two Somali airfields in Mogadishu and Beyldogl ( Eng. Balidogle ) Also, the Ethiopian army captured the key border town of Beledweyne [4] The Somali transitional government closed the air, land and sea borders of the country. [five]
• December 27 - Ethiopian troops established control over the Somali city of Jowhar and approached a distance of 30 km to the Somali capital. [6]
• December 28 - Assault on the capital of Mogadishu. SIS militants showed little resistance, Somalia's troops fired a few militants from the city from a distance. Most of the ISU Islamists left the capital of the country "to avoid massive bombing." [7] However, after this, a rally of many thousands took place in Mogadishu against the presence of Ethiopian troops in Somalia. [8]

• 2007 , January 1 - ISIS Islamists left Kismayu [9]
• January 4, 2007 - ICU Islamists announce the start of a guerrilla war. [ten]
• 2007 , January 9 - American aircraft (AC-130), based in Djibouti , launched a missile and bomb attack on alleged Islamist positions. [eleven]
• 2007 , January 10 - The base of the Ethiopian and Somali military was fired at in Mogadishu. [12] . To the shores of Somalia directed the connection of American ships led by the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) [13]
• 2007 , January 13 - The last stronghold of Somali Islamists was taken - the city of Ras Camboni. [14] . The militants went into the woods and announced the continuation of the war.
• 2007 , January 16 - In Mogadishu, after a lull, the fighting continued. [15]
• 2007 , January 19 - In Mogadishu, Islamists fired from a grenade launcher at the presidential palace. The rebels were scattered only with the help of Ethiopian tanks.
• 2007 , January 20 - In Mogadishu, fighters fired at a Ethiopian convoy of grenade launchers and machine guns. In response, Ethiopian troops used heavy weapons. [sixteen]
• 2007 , January 23 - Ethiopian troops leave Mogadishu. The actual end of the special operation. [17] . Islamists control only some forests in the south of the country. But ICU officials said they didn’t rule out another assault on Mogadishu after Ethiopian troops left.
• 2007 January 24 - Americans bombard south Somalia. [18] .
• 2007 , January 26 - SIS rebels engage in intense battles with Ethiopian troops throughout Somalia. They are most active in Mogadishu. A mortar strike was also struck at an airport in the capital of Somalia. It was also carried out by the supporters of “SIS”. [19] .
• 2007 , January 26 - The SIS rebels launched an artillery strike on the positions of the Ethiopian troops. According to preliminary data, 3 thousand Islamists are hiding in the Mogadishu region. [20] .
• 2007 , January 28 - A police station was fired at from a machine gun and grenade launchers in Mogadishu. 3 policemen were injured. Supporters of the SIS took responsibility for the attack. [21] .
• 2007 , January 30 - In Mogadishu, the positions of Ethiopian troops were fired from a grenade launcher. Behind the attack is "SIS". [22] . Also, the SIS militants staged battles in the streets of cities. They began after one of the Islamists threw a grenade at the policeman. He died from his wounds; during the fighting, 1 civilian was also killed.
• 2007 , January 31 - The SIS rebels captured the US military. The US command does not confirm this information. [23]
• 2007 , February 2 - SIS Islamists rocketed the capital of Mogadishu. [24]
• 2007 , February 5 - SIS Islamists rocketed the port of the capital of Mogadishu. The vessels were not damaged. [25]
• 2007 , February 6 - Supporters of the Union of Islamic Courts fired a mortar at the presidential palace in Mogadishu. A few shots were fired. [26]
• 2007 , February 9 - Partisans from SIS fired a rocket at a hotel located in northern Mogadishu. [27]
• 2007 , February 13 - Partisans from the "SIS" threw a grenade at the home of Minister of Commerce Abdullahi Ahmed Afrah. In another part of Mogadishu, gunmen fired on an area near the port and attacked a police station. [28]
• 2007 , February 15 - Partisans from SIS fired mortars at a seaport and the positions of Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu. Ethiopian military fired back. There are dead and wounded. [29]
• February 17, 2007 - SIS guerrillas fired on positions of government and Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu. [thirty]
• 2007 , February 18 - Partisans from SIS fired at a taxi in Mogadishu, in which three policemen rode. One policeman was killed on the spot, two of his colleagues were seriously injured. [31]
• 2007 , February 20 - Islamists from SIS storm the capital of Somalia, the city of Mogadishu. They fired rocket-propelled grenades at the city. About 10 dead. [32]
• 2007 , March 1 - Arrival of Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia.
• 2007 , March 2 - SIS militants fired 6 mortar shells at Mogadishu. [33]
• 2007 , March 6 - SIS militants launched the second assault on Mogadishu. It is carried out by about 100 rebels. In the city there are heavy battles, there are wounded and killed. [34]
• 2007 , March 7 - The SIS Islamists ambushed a Ugandan peacekeeping contingent. During the shootout, 3 civilians were injured. [35]
• 2007 , March 9 - The Belarusian transport aircraft Il-76 , carrying an infantry fighting vehicle for the Ugandan contingent , was shot down from an RPG . All crew members and the Ugandan military were not injured [36] .
• 2007 , March 13 - SIS Islamists attempted assassination of Deputy Mayor of Mogadishu Ibrahim Shaveye. The explosive device was launched at a time when the motorcade of the vice mayor's cars was driving along one of the streets in the northern part of Mogadishu. The explosion killed two people, another four were injured, including a security guard. Chaveye received minor injuries to his leg. In another part of Mogadishu, almost at the same time as the explosion in the capital, a convoy of vehicles with Ethiopian soldiers was fired upon. According to eyewitnesses, one of the cars was hit by a shot from a grenade launcher and caught fire. . [37]
• 2007 , March 23 - A Belarusian transport aircraft Il-76 , chartered by the African Union, was shot down 80 km from Mogadishu. All 11 crew members died [38] .
• March 29, 2007 - SIS militants launched a new assault on Mogadishu. In the following days, fierce battles took place with the participation of the Ethiopian army, during which the Ethiopian helicopter was shot down and a large number of civilians were killed. According to the Ethiopian command, by April 1, more than 200 militants were destroyed [39] , [40] , [41] . By April 10, more than 1,000 people died during the fighting, and more than 4,000 were injured [42] .
• April 1 - The Somali clan Haviye announced a truce with the Ethiopian troops. Fighting in Mogadishu suspended [43] .
• April 5 - An emergency meeting on the Somali issue took place at the headquarters of the League of Arab States in Cairo with the participation of representatives of the African Union , the European Union , the USA, and Muslim countries. LAS Secretary General Amr Musa called for the replacement of Ethiopian troops in Somalia by African peacekeepers in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1744 [44] .
• April 8 - The United States, bypassing sanctions, allowed the DPRK to sell arms to Ethiopia. [45]
• April 10 - Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Aydid called on Ethiopia to withdraw its troops from Somalia [46] .
• April 17 - resumption of hostilities in Mogadishu.
• April 18 - Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia Hussein Aydid, leader of Islamic Courts Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and former speaker Sharif Hassan made a joint statement at a meeting in Asmara , urging Ethiopia to immediately withdraw its troops from Somalia, otherwise the Somali people will unite against “brutal occupation” " [47] , [48] .
• 2007 , April 19 - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reported that since February 321 thousand civilians have left Mogadishu [49] .
• April 21, 2007 - according to the head of the human rights organization Elman Human Rights Group, 52 civilians and 12 rebels died in a day in Mogadishu [50] . During the fighting on April 18–20, at least 113 civilians were reported to have died and more than 200 wounded, the losses of the warring parties were unknown [51] .
• 2007 , April 26 - Somalia's Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi said that government forces, with the support of the Ethiopian army, defeated the rebels in Mogadishu and the main fighting in the city was over. [52]
• May 10 - A mine exploded in Mogadishu, near the Ambassador Hotel, where administration officials live. [53] .
• August 2 - reports of bloody battles between rebels and government troops in Mogadishu. Shortly before this, the rebels attacked the base of the Ethiopian army [54] .
• December 28 - Ethiopian troops left the city of Guriel

[55]

• January 2 - Somali militants released kidnapped doctors. [56]
• January 5 - Libyan diplomats abducted in Somalia were released. [57]
• January 28 - Four people, including two foreign doctors from Doctors Without Borders (MSF), were killed in an explosion in the port of Kismayo, in southern Somalia. [58]
• March 3 - The United States launched a targeted missile strike on a Somali village [59]
• March 19 - The United States added Somali Islamists to the list of terrorist organizations. [60]
• April 4 - Islamists captured the city on the outskirts of the capital of Somalia. [61]
• April 14 - In Somalia, fighters shot foreign teachers from a machine gun. [62]
• April 20 - Clashes in the capital of Somalia - 81 people were killed over the weekend. [63]
• April 21 - Ethiopia severs diplomatic relations with Qatar. [64]
• May 5 - In Somalia, they bombed the head of the local al-Qaeda cell. [65]
• June 28 - In Somalia, militants released two captured Scandinavians. [66]
• August 21 - Militants attacked the palace of the President of Somalia. [67]
• August 22 - Somali Islamists capture the country's main port, Kismayu. [68]
• September 21-22 - 23 people became victims of the Islamist attack on Mogadishu. [69]
• September 22 - A German kidnapped in Somalia was released. [70]
• October 21 - Militants recaptured a captured Indian ship from Somali pirates. [71]
• October 27 - The Government of Somalia concluded a truce with the Islamists. ^[one]
• October 27 - Somali militants rejected armistice terms. ^[one]
• October 29 - Terrorist attacks in northern Somalia killed 30 people. ^[2]
• October 29 - Americans announce Al Qaeda’s involvement in Somalia’s attacks. ^[3]
• November 12 - Islamists seize a port in Somalia. ^[four]
• November 14 - Somali Islamists came close to the capital of the country. ^[five]
• November 21 - Somali Islamists began a hunt for the invaders of the supertanker. ^[6]
• November 24 - America announced Al Qaeda’s involvement in the capture of the supertanker. ^[7]
• November 28 - Ethiopian troops leave Somalia before the end of the year. ^[eight]
• December 2 - The leader of the Somali Islamists urged the pirates to release the ships. ^[9]

• January 4 - Militants released European journalists kidnapped in Somalia. ^[ten]
• January 11 - Civil strife broke out between Somali Islamists. ^[eleven]
• January 14 - As a result of the fighting in Mogadishu, 14 civilians were killed. ^[12]
• January 16 - Islamists regained control of the capital of Somalia. ^[13]
• January 31 - The Parliament of Somalia has elected the president - Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. ^[14]
• February 2 - African peacekeepers shot and killed 18 Somalis. ^[15]
• February 13 - Al Qaeda declares jihad to the President of Somalia. ^[sixteen]
• February 22 - Somali Islamists attacked the base of African peacekeepers. ^[17]
• March 9 - Kenyan troops enter Somalia. ^[18]
• March 10 - The Government of Somalia introduced Sharia. ^[nineteen]
• March 12 - US citizens fight on the side of Somali Islamists. ^[20]
• March 19 - Osama bin Laden calls for the overthrow of the President of Somalia. ^[21]
• April 18 - Sharia introduced in Somalia. [72]
• May 20 - Africa demanded that the UN declare a blockade on Somalia. [73]
• May 22 - Clashes between government forces and Islamists resumed in Somalia. [74]
• May 24 - A terrorist blew himself up at a military base in Mogadishu - 3 people were killed.