Draft:Abdi Mohamed Sheikh Hassan

Major Abdi Mohamed Sheikh Hassan, also known as Taliye Suulnuug (born in 1988 in Mogadishu, Somalia), is a Somali military general. He was the commander of the 18th GorGor Brigade of the Somali National Army.

Personal life
Taliye Suulnuug was born in 1988 in the Buloburde district of the Hiran region. He went to primary school in his hometown of Buloburde and finished high school in Mogadishu. He left behind six children and a wife.

Career
Before he joined the armed forces, he was a businessman who worked in cars traveling to the Hiran region and was widely known in his area. Before he joined the army, he had a car that he used to work on. He was very troubled by the Al-Shabaab organization that used to collect taxes from him, which he refused, which later led to a war with them.

In 2013, Taliye Suulnuug led the first Mawislee army established in the Hiran region. For some time, he was one of the leaders of the local army.

In 2014, he joined the forces of the Somali government, especially the Gorgor Commandos. He received his first training at the Turkisom camp in Mogadishu; after that, he did officer training in Turkey. When he returned to the country, the colonel took part in the war against al-Shabaab. He led various operations in the Hiran, Middle Shabelle, Lower Shabelle, Gedo, Galgaduud, and Mudug regions.

Among the things that will be remembered for Taliye Suulnuug are the various battles that he fought al-Shabaab, including those that took place in the Walanweyn area of the Lower Shabelle region, where he was led by the government forces and defended a military camp after a battle that lasted more than six hours, which caused him to be promoted to major. After a tough battle with Al-Shabaab, he was promoted by the former Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble.

Death
The commander of the 18th GorGor Brigade of the Somali National Army, Abdi Mohamed Suulnuug, died on January 6, 2024, as a result of a battle that took place on the outskirts of Aad in the south of the Mudug region between the Somali Armed Forces and Al-Shabaab.