Presidential palace
Heavy fighting broke out in Northern Mogadishu around Golobla hotel in the Abdula Azis district. Fighting continued through 12 July until Government forces defeated the rebels and took control of Abdula Azis. Several foreign fighters were killed and two were captured. Col. Nur Daqle, a senior government commander, was killed in the fighting. 25 people were killed in the fighting. At Mogadishu's Presidential palace, at least three AMISOM peacekeepers were killed by a mortar attack, government forces claimed to have killed 40 al-Shabaab fighters who were attacking the palace.