Guriel (Somali: Guriceel, Arabic: جرعيل, جوري عيل ) is the second largest city in the central Galguduud region of Somalia located in Galmudug state.

Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, supported by Ethiopia, defeated the ICU in late 2006.

[1] In 2007, Al-Shabaab, another Islamic extremist group born in southern Somalia, attacked Guriel, but the local paramilitary group Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (ASWJ), born in response, took control of Guriel in 2010.

[5][6] In October 2021, another battle broke out between ASWJ and Galmudug, displacing most of the inhabitants of Guriel (5,000 houses, 20,000 people).

[9] By the end of the year, an estimated 120 people had died in this recent spate of fighting.