1991 Zeila incursion

1991 Zeila incursion
	Part of the Somaliland War of Independence
	Zeila Loyada Garisa 1991 Zeila incursion (Awdal) Zeila Loyada Garisa 1991 Zeila incursion (Somaliland); Zeyla triangle
Date	9 February 1991
Location	Zeila, Somaliland
Result	SNM victory; SNM recaptures Zeila, Loyada and Garisa; USF forces flee to Djibouti and Bosaso;
Belligerents
United Somali Front (USF); Supported by:; Djibouti; Somali regime remnants	Somali National Movement (SNM)
Commanders and leaders
Abdirahman Dualeh Ali; Hassan Gouled Aptidon; Ismail Omar Guelleh	Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur; Mohamed Hasan Abdullahi (Jidhif)
Units involved
Unknown	99th Battalion
Strength
500	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Over 200 killed	Minimal
	50,000 Issa civilians displaced

The 1991 Zeila incursion (Somali: Dagaalkii Saylac) was a Djiboutian-backed incursion during the Somaliland War of Independence led by the United Somali Front (USF), purporting to politically represent the Issa clans in the western Awdal region of Somaliland, with the goal of annexing the towns of Zeila, Loyada and Gerisa (Zeyla triangle) to Djibouti.

A combined force of United Somali Front (USF) militia fighters mostly consisting of Issa from Djibouti and remnant Somalian regiments of the Darod clan entered Somaliland and temporarily took over parts of western Awdal, including Zeila, Loyada and Gerisa, before being routed by SNM forces.