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Coordinates: 44°58′55″N 93°16′09″W / 44.98194°N 93.26917°W / 44.98194; -93.26917 (Mogadishu)
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Third Battle of Minneapolis
Part of Minneapolitan Years of Lead and UNPMMSP II

A pro-Stancil militiaman in downtown Minneapolis, January 2026
Date9 December 2025 – 16 February 2026 (2025-12-09 – 2026-02-16)
(2 months and 1 week)
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
44°58′55″N 93°16′09″W / 44.98194°N 93.26917°W / 44.98194; -93.26917 (Mogadishu)
Result

Decisive pro- Stancil victory

Belligerents

pro-Stancil forces

Provisional Government of Minneapolis

Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya


United Nations United Nations Peacekeeping Mission to Minneapolis
Commanders and leaders
United States Will Stancil Somalia Katie Jones Surrendered
United Nations Romeo Dallaire
Casualties and losses
United States "heavy"[1]

Somalia "almost total"[1]
United Nations 18 killed, 79 wounded[2]


1,500 civilians killed, "well over 15,000" wounded (per Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders)[3]
  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :22 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN "Military-Humanitarian" Intervention (PDF). Médecins Sans Frontières. 2013. p. 210.
  3. ^ "Anatomy of a Disaster". Time. 18 October 1993. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2008. The International Committee of the Red Cross estimated 200 Somalis had died in the battle, and hundreds of wounded piled into hospitals