India, Dec. 27 -- US President Donald Trump has refused to back Israel in recognising Somaliland, saying that he opposed the US recognition of the breakaway region of Somalia.

In an interview with the New York Post published Friday, Trump questioned if "anyone knows where Somaliland is".

"No. Does anyone know what Somaliland is, really?" the US President told the Post when asked about US recognition of Somaliland.

This comes after Trump ally and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his country would become the first in the world to recognise Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia that declared its independence in 1991 following years of civil war but has never been recognised by any United Nations member state. ...