The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Somalia was a Somali insurgent group, fighting against the government of Siad Barre. Ideologically DFLS was oriented towards Marxism and nationalism.Internationales Afrika Forum, Vol. 17–18. Europäisches Institut für Politische, Wirtschaftliche und Soziale Fragen, 1981. p. 47 DFLS was led by a group of former Central Committee members of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP), who considered that Siad Barre had deviated from the revolutionary path. The movement was founded around 1978 by Abdirahman Aidid Ahmad, former chairman of the Ideological Bureau of SRSP.Krech, Hans. Der Bürgerkrieg in Somalia (1988-1996): ein Handbuch. Berlin: Verlag Dr. Köster, 1996. p. 221 DFLS had its headquarters in Aden, South Yemen.Nelson, Harold D. Somalia, a Country Study. [Whitefish, Mont.]: Kessinger Publishing, 2004. p. 222
Reportedly, DFLS fighters obtained military training in Syria.Henriques, John L. Syria: Issues and Historical Background. [Hauppauge], N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, 2003. p. 214
In 1981, DFLS merged with the Somali Salvation Front and the Somali Workers Party, forming the Somali Salvation Democratic Front.
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