Somalia announces its success in drying up the sources of terrorist financing

 The Minister of Trade and Industry in the Somali federal government, Jibril Abd al-Rashid Haji Abdi, said that the economic war imposed by the government to dry up the sources of financing terrorism has become successful, and indicated that his ministry was able to block bank accounts and block phone numbers that were used by terrorist cells to receive illegal money from the Somali people. The Somali minister thanked the Somali businessmen for their constant access to information related to the places where money is sent to the terrorist Kharijite militias.

Minister Jibril Abd al-Rashid Haj Abdi, who posted a statement on social media, responded strongly to the statement made by the man who claims to be the spokesman for the Kharijite militia named Ali Tiri, stressing that the war against the Kharijites is a popular decision and will not stop until they are liberated from the country. According to the Somali news agency.

The minister pointed out that the speech of the so-called Ali Tairi proved that the economic war waged by the government against the terrorist enemy had paid off and became a victory for the Somali people, stressing that Ali Tairi assured us today of the economic defeat of the terrorists.

He added that the federal government is the only body authorized to defend the property of the Somali people, and that the terrorists are the ones who illegally shed the blood and money of citizens. The Minister of Commerce urged Somali businessmen to comply with the government's directives to stop the large sums of money that were given to the Kharijite militias.

The minister issued a stern warning to the merchants who are not registered with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and said that if they are caught, they will face severe punishment. Somalia had announced the freezing of more than two hundred accounts belonging to the Al-Shabaab movement in local banks.

Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Berri said that the government has frozen more than two hundred accounts belonging to the Al-Shabaab movement in local banks. He added, in a press statement on the occasion of honoring the scholars who issued a fatwa against the Al-Shabaab movement, that a number of citizens contacted government agencies and shared with them these accounts, to which the movement ordered them to deposit taxes.

And the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, during a demonstration organized against the movement a week ago, stated that millions of dollars deposited by the Al-Shabaab movement in financial accounts that the government had frozen in the past months would be disclosed. President Hassan Sheikh said this was part of the government's all-out war on al-Shabaab, which he said would undermine its fighting capacity.

The president added that many cell phones that are used to transfer money have been shut down. For his part, Al-Shabaab spokesman Ali Mahmoud Raghi “Tiri” said in a video recording that the movement will not accept from local banks the banning of Somali people’s money without a Sharia law, referring to these funds that have been frozen.

Al-Shabaab has sent a threat to Somali banks and commercial companies, after the financial penalties bill recently passed by the Somali federal parliament. The movement's spokesman, Ali Mahmoud Raghi, "Ali Tiri," indicated that the US administration is behind the project, which aims to control the assets of Somali companies and businessmen.