 On November 13, the President of Puntland, General Adde Musa personally led 50 battlewagons to Galkayo to confront the Islamists.On November 22, Ethiopia imposed a curfew on the town of Balanbale and was searching residents entering or leaving the village in response to attacks on Ethiopian convoys in Somalia

On November 26, thousands of ICU troops were reported deploying in Abudwaq, within of the Ethiopian border.On November 27, troops were forcibly returning people who had fled to avoid fighting to their homes, reassuring them they would not come to harm.