1988 Hargeisa offensive

Target entity: 1988 Hargeisa offensive
Context triple: [Somali National Movement, notableOperation, 1988 Hargeisa offensive]

• A. Fall of Asmara
  The Fall of Asmara was the 1991 capture of Eritrea’s capital by Eritrean People's Liberation Front forces, effectively ending Ethiopian control and paving the way for Eritrean independence.
• B. Battle of Sirte (2011)
  The Battle of Sirte (2011) was a major and decisive confrontation in the Libyan Civil War in which anti-Gaddafi forces captured Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown, leading directly to his capture and death and marking the effective end of his regime.
• C. Battle of Sirte (2016)
  The Battle of Sirte (2016) was a major military campaign in the Second Libyan Civil War in which forces aligned with Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord, supported by U.S. airstrikes, fought to expel Islamic State militants from the coastal city of Sirte.
• D. Ogaden conflict
  The Ogaden conflict is a long-running insurgency and counterinsurgency in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, primarily involving ethnic Somali separatists seeking self-determination and the Ethiopian state.
• E. Battle of Mogadishu
  The Battle of Mogadishu was a 1993 urban combat engagement in Somalia between U.S.-led forces and Somali militiamen that resulted in heavy casualties and became one of the most infamous incidents of American military intervention in the post–Cold War era.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: 1988 Hargeisa offensive
Target entity description: The 1988 Hargeisa offensive was a major military campaign during the Somali Civil War in which rebel forces attacked and briefly captured the city of Hargeisa, prompting a brutal government counteroffensive and widespread destruction.

• A. Fall of Asmara
  The Fall of Asmara was the 1991 capture of Eritrea’s capital by Eritrean People's Liberation Front forces, effectively ending Ethiopian control and paving the way for Eritrean independence.
• B. Battle of Sirte (2011)
  The Battle of Sirte (2011) was a major and decisive confrontation in the Libyan Civil War in which anti-Gaddafi forces captured Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown, leading directly to his capture and death and marking the effective end of his regime.
• C. Battle of Sirte (2016)
  The Battle of Sirte (2016) was a major military campaign in the Second Libyan Civil War in which forces aligned with Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord, supported by U.S. airstrikes, fought to expel Islamic State militants from the coastal city of Sirte.
• D. Ogaden conflict
  The Ogaden conflict is a long-running insurgency and counterinsurgency in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, primarily involving ethnic Somali separatists seeking self-determination and the Ethiopian state.
• E. Battle of Mogadishu
  The Battle of Mogadishu was a 1993 urban combat engagement in Somalia between U.S.-led forces and Somali militiamen that resulted in heavy casualties and became one of the most infamous incidents of American military intervention in the post–Cold War era.
• F. None of above. chosen