In a desolate makeshift camp on the fringes of Somalia’s capital, tens of thousands of internally displaced people sit under ...

The Post ventured to the front lines of an offensive against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, where foreign fighters ...

The Islamic State armed group attacked military bases in Somalia's northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, but government forces repelled the assault and airstrikes ...

Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS), has been honoured by the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia for his "Outstanding leadership in [advancing] the AU Peace and ...

Puntland announced a major offensive against Islamic State and a rival Islamist group, the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, in December and claims to have since killed dozens of foreign fighters, captured ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an interview in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Feb. 20. (Feisal Omar/Reuters) The al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which operates in ...

By Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington President Trump ordered airstrikes on Saturday against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, the first major U.S. military operation overseas since he ...

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A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been captured, police and state media have said, as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against the group. Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid ...

The U.S. military conducted coordinated airstrikes against ISIS operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Trump's second term. Mr. Trump said Saturday in a ...

Feb. 1 (UPI) --Multiple ISIS-Somalia operatives died in coordinated airstrikes carried out Saturday by the U.S. Africa Command in the Golis Mountains in Somalia. President Donald Trump ordered the ...

The US military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against the so-called Islamic State group operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s ...