00:01The tensions between Somalia and Israel could be picking up the pace.
00:06Israel was the first country in the world to recognize the breakaway region of Somaliland last December.
00:13But now, alleged plans to build a military base in the region have angered Mogadishu considerably.
00:20Ali Omar, Somalia's state minister for foreign affairs,
00:23said last week that the country did not want its territory pulled into external confrontations.
00:31The reason for the military base plans, Somaliland would be a strategic point for Israel to launch airstrikes
00:37against the Houthi rebels in Yemen and other adversaries in its ongoing war against Iran.
00:46Somaliland previously denied that its relationship with Israel was of military nature.
00:52In February, it however said that it could not rule out allowing Israel to establish a military presence on its
01:00territory.
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