Bosaso (WDN)-The Puntland Defense Forces (PDF) launched a successful security operation today in the Cascasey area of the Bari region, targeting remnants of the ISIS terrorist group that had been ...

GAROWE, Somalia - Puntland, a federal state in northeastern Somalia, banned undocumented foreigners from entering its territory on Thursday after its troops killed dozens of foreign ISIS fighters in ...

Garowe (PP News Desk) — An executive decree issued by the Puntland Presidency states that Puntland State security forces and associated agencies have been instructed to prevent undocumented foreigners ...

Somali soldiers on patrol in Mogadishu. Somalia’s Puntland authorities have cranked up their war on a local ISIS cell. Somalia’s Puntland authorities have cranked up their war on a local ISIS cell, ...

Boosaaso (PP News Desk) — Puntland Defence Forces in the Calmiskeed mountain range yesterday cleared hideouts that ISIS had used as ammunition and supply depots. In Boosaaso, the public tipped off ...

Bosaso, Somalia — In recent times, Puntland has been engaged in a fierce battle with the ISIS group, which is operating in certain areas of the region. The latest clashes have caused significant ...

BOSASO, Somalia - Puntland has recalled retired military experts and theorists in the middle of the war against ISIS militants, following a series of gains and setbacks within the frontlines in the ...

A spokesperson for security operations in the Puntland region, Brigadier General Mohamud Mohamed Ahmed, disclosed the death toll in an interview VOA’s Somali Service. “The strike carried out ...

Mogadishu, Somalia — Somali lawmaker Mohamed Hassan Murjaan, a member of the Federal Parliament, has accused the Somali government of failing to provide sufficient support to Puntland in its ...

In late December 2024, the semi-autonomous region of Puntland launched Operation Hilac (Operation Arrow), a decisive campaign against the Islamic State in Somalia (ISS) aka Daesh that has since become ...

Last year, the U.S. provided over $6.5 billion in humanitarian aid to the region. For many in Africa, attention quickly shifted to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR ...