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Inside Somaliland: The Israel-Turkey clash coming to the Horn of Africa
Bilge Kotan · Middle East Eye
Published 3 Oct 2026, 7:14 am·5 d ago·1 min read
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Inside Somaliland: The Israel-Turkey clash coming to the Horn of Africa Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has been framed as giving it a launchpad to strike Yemen’s Houthis across the Red Sea, but Israel could also be on a collision course with an even more strategic foe and US ally in the Horn of Africa: Turkey. Officials and analysts in Somaliland say their diplomatic normalisation with Israel in January 2026 -widely condemned by the wider Muslim and Arab world - was, in part, motivated by the need to check Turkey’s growing military footprint in Somalia. Somaliland wants Israel to provide…
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