War in Somalia

The Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, also known as the Ethiopian occupation of Somalia or the Ethiopian intervention in the Somali Civil War, was an armed conflict that lasted from late 2006 to early 2009. It began when military forces from Ethiopia, supported by the United States, invaded Somalia to depose the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and install the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The conflict continued after the invasion when an anti-Ethiopian insurgency emerged and rapidly escalated. During 2007 and 2008, the insurgency recaptured the majority of territory lost by the ICU.

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2006 — 2009  Wikidata
Ethiopia, Muaskar Anole, Ras Kamboni Brigades, Transitional Federal Government, Puntland, war, Islamic Courts Union, Galmudug, Oromo Liberation Front, African Union Mission to Somalia, Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, Jabhatul Islamiya, 

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2006 — 2009 War in Somalia

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2007-01-07T00:00:00Z

2007 American military intervention in Somalia

1991-01-26T00:00:00Z

1991-01-26T00:00:00Z

1991 Somali Civil War

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2009-01-31T00:00:00Z

2009 Somali Civil War

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Ethiopian National Defence Force T-55 tank disabled in battle and captured by Islamic Courts Union at Idaale

American soldier guards a dirt airstrip in southern Ethiopia as a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules lifts off on 26 Dec 2006, ferrying cargo and personnel for Combined Task Force–Horn of Africa missions in Ethiopia and Kenya.

Insurgent during the Ethiopian military occupation of Somalia in 2007

Somali resistance fighters patrolling in Mogadishu during the Ethiopian military occupation

Somali insurgents in Mogadishu holding an RPG and a machine gun during the Ethiopian military occupation

Defecting TFG and ENDF soldiers pose in front of Islamic Courts Union insurgents in Mogadishu

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1960	Somalia	sovereign state, federal republic, republic, country	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2007	American military intervention in Somalia	military intervention	Wikidata
event	war	1991	Somali Civil War	civil war	Wikidata
event	war	2006	War in Somalia	Ethiopia, war, Galmudug, Oromo Liberation Front, Islamic Courts Union, Transitional Federal Government, Puntland, African Union Mission to Somalia, Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, Jabhatul Islamiya, Muaskar Anole, Ras Kamboni Brigades	Wikidata
event	war	2009	Somali Civil War	civil war	Wikidata
commons	image		Ethiopian National Defence Force T-55 tank disabled in battle and captured by Islamic Courts Union at Idaale		Commons
commons	image		American soldier guards a dirt airstrip in southern Ethiopia as a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules lifts off on 26 Dec 2006, ferrying cargo and personnel for Combined Task Force–Horn of Africa missions in Ethiopia and Kenya.		Commons
commons	image		Insurgent during the Ethiopian military occupation of Somalia in 2007		Commons
commons	image		Somali resistance fighters patrolling in Mogadishu during the Ethiopian military occupation		Commons
commons	image		Somali insurgents in Mogadishu holding an RPG and a machine gun during the Ethiopian military occupation		Commons
commons	image		Defecting TFG and ENDF soldiers pose in front of Islamic Courts Union insurgents in Mogadishu		Commons