{"id":200959,"date":"2026-04-23T07:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/200959\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:50:14","slug":"somalia-condemns-iran-attacks-backs-arab-states-in-regional-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/200959\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia condemns Iran attacks, backs Arab States in regional tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775624167_158_hol.jpg\" alt=\"HOL Logo\" class=\"source-logo-inline\"\/><br \/>Thursday April 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776929037677265648_1351582336994542_833410127967801362_n.jpg\" alt=\"Somalia condemns Iran attacks, backs Arab States in regional tensions\" width=\"660\" height=\"439\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mogadishu (HOL) \u2014 Somalia has reiterated its condemnation of Iran\u2019s recent attacks on Arab countries, expressing full support for Gulf and regional governments and calling for a unified response to protect stability in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Foreign Minister Hasan Mohamed Ali presented Somalia\u2019s position during an extraordinary ministerial session of the League of Arab States held by videoconference on Tuesday. The meeting reviewed a draft resolution submitted by the Bahrain addressing Iran\u2019s actions and its obligations under international law.<\/p>\n<p>Somalia said it stands with Arab states in confronting the attacks and strongly condemned Iranian measures that threaten regional security. The government reaffirmed its commitment to international law, the protection of global maritime routes and collective efforts aimed at maintaining stability.<\/p>\n<p>Officials emphasized that Arab solidarity remains a strategic priority, urging a coordinated position to safeguard national security and uphold the rules-based international order.<\/p>\n<p>During the recent escalation, Iran launched missile and drone attacks targeting several Gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the strikes damaged infrastructure, disrupted operations and targeted locations linked to U.S. military presence in the region, raising concerns over wider instability and the security of key economic and shipping routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday April 23, 2026 Mogadishu (HOL) \u2014 Somalia has reiterated its condemnation of Iran\u2019s recent attacks on Arab&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[53440,30253,41787,6012,2650,176,468,1984,41459,7144],"class_list":{"0":"post-200959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-somalia","8":"tag-arab","9":"tag-attacks","10":"tag-backs","11":"tag-condemns","12":"tag-in","13":"tag-iran","14":"tag-regional","15":"tag-somalia","16":"tag-states","17":"tag-tensions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116452931832956044","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}