Puntland forces capture Yemeni ISIS fighter in Bari mountains

Bosaso (HOL) — Puntland security forces have captured a foreign ISIS fighter in the Calmiskaad mountains of Bari region, officials said Wednesday.

Gen. Mahmoud Jama Faadhigo, spokesman for Operation Calmiskaad, said the man was captured in the Af-cas area after allegedly leaving an ISIS base in Shakaala.

advertisements Faadhigo said the captured fighter, a Yemeni national, told security forces he had walked for three days after being sent with two other ISIS members to search for donkeys to carry food back to the group’s base.

The spokesman said the account showed that ISIS fighters in the Calmiskaad mountains are facing growing shortages of food and supplies as Puntland forces tighten pressure on the group.