The small African state seceded from Greater Somalia in 1991 and has not been recognized by any nation until now. But its advantageous geographic location near the Houthis in Yemen, and reports of talks on population transfer from Gaza, could have spurred Israel to set the precedent
“Does anyone know what Somaliland is, really?” U.S. President Donald Trump told the New York Post over the weekend, after Israel became the world’s first country to recognize the self-proclaimed republic in eastern Africa.