In August of this year, analyst Abdihakim Ainte (@Abdikhakim) writing on the website Al-Monitor suggested that the defeats experienced by the group in Somalia at the hands of Ugandan and Kenyan troops has forced it to adopt a more guerrilla and assymetrical type of warfare. 
Mwezi Agosti mwaka huu, mchambuzi Abdihakim Ainte (@Abdikhakim) anayeandikia tovuti ya Al-Monitor alidhani kuwa kuzidiwa nguvu kwa kikundi hicho nchini Somalia na majeshi ya Uganda na Kenya kumekilazimu kubuni mbinu mpya ya kigaidi kufanya vita.