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 ...
DAABDAMALE, PUNTLAND, SOMALIA - JANUARY 25: Soldiers with the Puntland Defense Forces spend time at a former Islamic State stronghold that they recently took back on the frontline near Daabdamale ...
BOSASO, Somalia - The Puntland Defense Forces discovered several fresh mass ... Still, many may have fallen following aerial bombardments by the US Africa Command and the United Arab Emirates. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...