Ahmed Maeleninine, an Omani-born leader of Islamic State, was killed in U.S. airstrikes against the terror group in Somalia ...

Puntland’s soldiers are now locked in a grinding fight, one with major international implications, but without much Western ...

The Governor of Nugaal Region, Abdirahman Haji Abshir, addressed the media from his office in Garowe on Wednesday, offering an update on the ongoing battle between Puntland forces and the ISIS in the ...

Piracy off the coast of Somalia declined after peaking in 2011, but resumed at a faster pace in the past year.

Nearly 100 people were killed and up to 60 others wounded when members of the Islamic State terror group launched a deadly ...

Officials from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region thank the US via social media, calling the operation a success ...

BALIDHIDIN, Somalia (Reuters) - Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive they hope will draw ...

Security forces in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland announced Monday that a recent airstrike in the Bari region killed more than 13 foreign Daesh/ISIS fighters. The airstrikes ...

Captain Yusuf Mohamed, an officer in Puntland's counter-terrorism forces, told Reuters on Tuesday that nine suicide bombers had been killed and several soldiers had been injured, near the town of ...

Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group's assassination squad, surrendered to authorities on Monday in the Cal Miskaad mountains, in the northeastern Puntland state, Somalia's state news ...

Puntland officials say bases captured, militants killed Importance of IS Somali branch grew in recent years US targeted group in air strikes last week BALIDHIDIN, Somalia, Feb 7 (Reuters ...