Inside Somaliland: The Israel-Turkey clash coming to the Horn of Africa

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Somaliland officials say Yemen's Houthis need to be engaged, but they want to enlist Israel against Turkey and Somalia Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has been framed as giving it a launchpad to strike Yemen’s Houthis across the Red Sea, but Israel could also be on a collision course with an even more strategic foe and US ally in the Horn of Africa: Turkey. Officials and analysts in Somaliland say their diplomatic normalisation with Israel in January 2026 -widely condemned by the wider Muslim