A US airstrike in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia has targeted ISIS militants in the Puntland region, ...

A US airstrike in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia has targeted ISIS militants in the Puntland region, officials confirmed Tuesday.The operation, carried out by US Africa Command ...

The draft of a letter from Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to U.S. President Donald Trump has been leaked.

Puntland security forces have arrested three foreign ISIL members during operations in Al-Miskad, Bari region. The men, in custody, were captured near Teedsan Uur-Aled valley, according to Puntland ...

Al-Shabaab is rapidly closing in on Mogadishu, threatening commercial and military shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Arabian ...

The Somali state of Puntland is witnessing an escalation of security challenges with an increase in military confrontations against the Islamic State ...

A transitional parliament for Somalia -- the first since the Horn of Africa country dissolved into chaos in 1991 -- was formally inaugurated in the neighboring state of Djibouti on Sunday. Djibouti's ...

Somalia is prepared to offer the United States exclusive control of strategic air bases and ports, its president said in a ...

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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 ...

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