Will Turkey’s military presence in Somalia lead to conflict with Somaliland? - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Al-Monitor Short: Turkey is playing a long multidimensional game in Somalia and elsewhere in the Horn of Africa as part of its regional and global strategy, and the breakaway region of Somaliland will not change it.

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