Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia
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The Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) was political party formed in Eritrea during September 2007 as the successor to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) during the Ethiopian military occupation of Somalia. It served as the principal political opposition to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) and participated in the 2007 and 2008 years of the insurgency.[1][2]
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Founded | September 2007 |
Preceded by | Islamic Courts Union |
Merged into | Transitional Federal Government of Somalia |
Headquarters | Asmara (September 2007 – January 2009) Djibouti (June 2008 – January 2009) |
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In June 2008, one of the Djibouti wing of the ARS led by Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and TFG signed a historic agreement that resulted integration of the ARS into the Somali transitional parliament.[3][2] By January 2009, Sharif Ahmed, the former head of both the ICU and the ARS, was elected as the President of Somalia.[2]