A new drone base is up and running in Bule Burde.
Authorities confirmed that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s administration had launched the drone station.
Somali National Army (SNA) will manage the base jointly with Turkish military.
SNA’s Gorgor soldiers are in charge of protecting and running the station together with their Turkish counterparts.
Turkey agreed to help Somalia launch the drone base following a request from President Mohamud’s government.
Somalia needs drone support in the second phase of counterterrorism operations against Al-Shabaab terrorists around the nation.