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Spotlight SOMALIA Document Issue dated 21/12/2018

Emirati intelligence exposes Iranian networks in Somalia

Charcoal and weapons trade network between Somalia, Iran and the Arabian peninsula.

According to a secret report by the Emirati intelligence services which the Indian Ocean Newsletter has seen, the Iranian internal intelligence agency Itilaat and the supreme emir of the Somalian Islamist network, Ahmed Diriye, are collaborating closely. The Emirates believes [...] (582 words)

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