Somali Rebellion

Somali Rebellion
Part of the Somali Civil War
Date 23 May 1986 (1986-05-23) – 26 January 1991 (1991-01-26) Location Somalia Result Fall of the Somali Democratic Republic in 1991 Beginning of the Somali Civil War
Belligerents
Somali Democratic Republic (SNA) (until 1991) SNF (after 1991)	Rebel groups: SSDF SNM SPM USC SDF
Commanders and leaders
Siad Barre Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan Muhammad Ali Samatar	Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Bashir Bililiqo Mohamed Farrah Aidid

Rebel groups:
SSDF
SNM
SPM
USC

The Somali Rebellion was a civil war in Somalia that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The rebellion started in 1986 when Siad Barre began attacking clan-based dissident groups opposed to his rule with his special forces, the "Red Berets" (Duub Cas). The dissidents had been becoming more powerful for nearly a decade following his abrupt switch of allegiance from the Soviet Union to the United States and the disastrous Ogaden War of 1977-1978.

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