2010 Ayn clashes

2010 Ayn clashes
Date	May–July 2010
Location	Ayn region, Somalia
Result	Dhulbahante Malitia victory
Belligerents
Somaliland; Ethiopia	Northern Somali Unionist Movement (NSUM)
Casualties and losses
Ethiopia: 3 killed	10 killed

The 2010 Ayn clashes saw Ethiopian and Somaliland forces engage Dulbahante clan militia in Puntland's Ayn region in a bid to reconquer the region ahead of the Somaliland presidential election, 2010. The battle was prompted by Ethiopian troops seizing a truck belonging to the Dulbahante, sparking a Dulbahante response and Ethiopian retaliatory attack on Buuhoodle and a Somaliland attack upon Widhwidh.^[1] More clashes were reported to have occurred near Widhwidh on 19^[2] July 2010.

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↑ http://somalilandpress.com/ethiopia-gives-tribal-militants-24-hours-deadline-to-return-weapons-15989
↑ "Somaliland army clashes with militia, five dead". Hargeisa: Somalilandpress. 20 July 2010. http://somalilandpress.com/somaliland-army-clashes-with-militia-five-dead-17144. Retrieved 20 July 2010.

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[1] ttp://somalilandpress.com/ethiopia-gives-tribal-militants-24-hours-deadline-to-return-weapons-15989

[2] "Somaliland army clashes with militia, five dead". Hargeisa: Somalilandpress. 20 July 2010. http://somalilandpress.com/somaliland-army-clashes-with-militia-five-dead-17144. Retrieved 20 July 2010.

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