The Somali region’s leaders vow to keep pressure on the IS hub, which is seen as a key spoke in the Islamic State network ...

A milestone for the group followed its 2017 suicide bombing of the Juba Hotel in Bosaso, Puntland’s commercial capital and ...

Since 2023, when conflict erupted in Laascaanood, the movement of goods between Puntland State of Somalia and… Sii akhri ...

Reportedly, Yacob Mohamed Abdalla, the Deputy Minister of Information for Puntland ... However, Somalia's central government distanced itself from such claims. According to The New Arab, a ...

After losing its caliphate in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has become a more disparate group and has established a financial and operational hub in remote northern Somalia. Military forces in the ...

The official language is Somali, although Arabic is also widely spoken ... and Garowe Airport in Puntland. Somalia does not have a national airline, but several regional airlines operate flights ...

BOSASO, Somalia - Even with limited resources for the fight ... The precision strike was conducted by the United Arab Emirates, an ally of Puntland, dealing a significant blow to the extremist group’s ...

BOSASO, Somalia - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) struct several bases controlled ... The ISIS militants, mostly foreigners, had established more permanent bases in Puntland state, with the ultimate ...

The United Arab Emirates has been providing ... "Indications [are] that the Puntland forces are making real progress against ISIS in Somalia's hideouts," a former senior Western counterterrorism ...