Hundreds of pro-government Somali forces began moving toward the port town of Qandala Monday for an offensive against ISIS fighters who seized it last month, Qandala's mayor Jamac Mohamed Khurshe told Reuters.
The pro-government forces includes militia fighters, soldiers form the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and fighters from the same clan as Abdiqadir Mumin, the Somali insurgent leader who has pledged allegiance to ISIS, Somali security officials said.
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