Alshabab are on the run, from Central Somali and the Ahlu Suna Waljamacah the Sufi group army is hot on their heels.

That would have been unthinkable just a few months ago. Until recently, most analysts and even Somali leaders had viewed the conflict as a no-win situation.

Now, many of the same observers say that the Alshabab have been rendered toothless, and their bloodshed is near an end.

Shabab have lost several key cities in the past including Dhusamreeb. Ceelbuur District was the only remaining stronghold of the group, but Sufi Ahlu SUna Waljama forces have boxed them in there.

How did the Sufi the Ahlu Suna WalJamacah turn the tables on the Shabab, once considered invincible? And is this really the end of a terrorist group that has in the past managed to regroup and return with all guns blazing after the Ethiopian withdrawal was coming?