Here is the latest; I am sure Oodweyne will fabricate raw intel only whispered in the yellow corridors of villa Morgan.
The U.S. put Ethiopia in charge of negotiations between SSC and SL with meetings being held in Hargeysa at first, and then in Garowe, where SSC Garaado, and Leadership Council arrived to hold meetings with US Ambassador to Somalia via Zoom, and Ethiopian delegation in person.
SSC stance:
i) Remove SL militias from SSC territories, with Oog being their nearest bases,
ii) No negotiations shall commence till (i) has been satisfied,
iii) SSC is part of Somalia, is not, has never been, and will never be part of SL,
iv) Negotiations could ONLY commence post satisfying (i), (ii), and agreeing to (iii), and could take place at a neutral venue to be agreed upon at a later time.
SL stance:
i) Agreed to relocate its militias to Tuula Samakaab,
ii) Demanded all non-SL militias pull out of Las Anod,
ii) Suggested negotiations with SSC to take place inside SL.