Qatar — Hussein Nor, a head of the information affairs of ONLF rebels has claimed victory on Sunday in the fighting between ONLF rebels and Ethiopian troops in Mustahil town in the regional administration of Somalia in Ethiopia.

The spokesman who in Qatar told Shabelle radio that they had killed in the fighting 20-30 Ethiopian soldiers and burnt many trucks from the Ethiopian soldiers saying that there were some casualties their side including civilians but said that he could not confirm the real number.

Mr. Hussein Nor said that the Ethiopian soldiers from Somalia who were in the border between Somalia and Ethiopia attacked their forces saying that they resisted and inflicted more casualties adding that they were ready for any attack from the Ethiopian soldiers.

There are tense situations in the area of the fighting and no comment came out from Ethiopia yet.

The victory claiming of head of the information of ONLF rebels Mr. Hussein Nor comes as there has been bitter fighting between ONLF rebels and the Ethiopian troops in the recent days in the regional state of Somalia in Ethiopia that caused number casualties of deaths, wounds and lost properties.