Battle of Kulbiyow

Battle of Kulbiyow
	Part of the War in Somalia
	; An Al-Shabaab fighter inside the Kulbiyow military base following the battle.
Date	27 January 2017
Location	Kulbiyow, Somalia–Kenya border
Result	Major Al-Shabaab victory
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab	AMISOM Kenya; Federal Government of Somalia
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Maj. Denis Girenge (WIA); (Company OC) ; Maj. Mwangi †; (Artillery Battery Commander) ; Capt. Silas Ekidor †; (Infantry Second Officer in Charge) ; Capt. Nur Muhidin; (Somali commander)
Units involved
Saleh al Nabhan Battalion	Kenya Army 15 Kenya Rifles C-Company; ; Somali Armed Forces
Strength
150–Hundreds Many foreign mujahideen;	250 120; Unknown;
Casualties and losses
Unknown	40–67+ KDF soldiers killed, several captured; Several killed

The Battle of Kulbiyow took place on 27 January 2017, when al-Shabaab militants attacked and took control of the military base and town of Kulbiyow, held by the Somali Armed Forces and the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).

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