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Protests Spread Across Somalia’s Gedo Region Over Alleged Turkish Drone Strike

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of Somali women in colorful hijabs and red headbands demonstrating outdoors with Turkish flags and portrait placards, rendered in warm ochre and slate-blue pastel strokes.

Residents demonstrated in Doolow and Garbahaarrey in Somalia’s Gedo region on Saturday over an alleged Turkish drone strike on the home of former custodial corps commander Gen. Mahad Abdirahman Aden, known as Shub. Local reporting said hundreds joined the peaceful Doolow protest, while footage showed some participants burning Turkish and Egyptian flags. Protesters demanded an independent investigation, and Doolow district commissioner Mohamed Lafey joined the demonstration. Somalia’s federal government denied involvement and said preliminary security information indicated that explosives being prepared inside the house caused the blast; no independent account has confirmed either explanation.

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