Qoryoley

Qoryoley (Maay: Qornyooley, Somali: Qoryooley, Arabic: قوريولي) is a town in the Lower Shebelle region of the South West State of Somalia.

[citation needed] After the fall of the Siad Government, Abdirahmaan Sheikh Mohamed Khadi took the position of district mayor.

[1] On March 10th, 2014, a battle took place just outside Qoryoley between Al-Shabaab and Somali and AMISOM (now ATMIS) forces resulting in the death of four soldiers and a civilian.

[5] In 2018, a Somali government position in Qoryoley was attacked, five military camps being the target, resulting in the deaths of a civilian and twelve of their own militants.

[7] On February 19th, 2020, an armed assault by assailants and suicide bombers at El-Salini base occurred, against Somali and ATMIS forces.

The same year on September 1st, a ~2 hour-long attempted seizure of Qoryoley by al-Shabaab occurred, halted by SNA forces.