2010 Ayn clashes

Date	May–July 2010
Location	Ayn region, Somalia
Result	Somaliland and Ethiopian victory

Belligerents

Somaliland

Ethiopia

Northern Somali Unionist Movement

Casualties and losses

Ethiopia: 3 killed

10 killed

Somali Civil War

Somali Rebellion Unified Task Force Consolidation of states within Somalia (1998–2006) Advance of the Islamic Courts Union War in Somalia (2006–09) War in Somalia (2009–present)

War in Somalia (2009–present)

Battles: South Mogadishu; Mogadishu (2009); Central Somalia; Wabho; Kismayo (2009); Beledweyne; Ayn; Kenyan border; Galgala; Mogadishu (2010–2011); Gedo; Lower Juba; Linda Nchi; Kismayo (2012); Yurkud (2012); Bulo Marer; Operation Indian Ocean

Major bombings: AU Base (2009); Beledweyne (2009); Mogadishu (2010); Kampala (2010); Mogadishu (2011); Mogadishu (2013); Villa Somalia (2014); Mogadishu (2015); Makka al-Mukarama (2015)

Chronology: 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015

The 2010 Ayn clashes saw Ethiopian and Somaliland forces engage Dulbahante clan militia in Puntland's Ayn region in a bid to reconquer the region ahead of the Somaliland presidential election, 2010. The battle was prompted by Ethiopian troops seizing a truck belonging to the Dulbahante, sparking a Dulbahante response and Ethiopian retaliatory attack on Buuhoodle and a Somaliland attack upon Widhwidh.^[1] More clashes were reported to have occurred near Widhwidh on 19^[1] July 2010.