Puntland officials say bases captured, militants killed Importance of IS Somali branch grew in recent ... Updated ago Worldcategory Russian Red Sea base deal still on the table, Sudanese FM ...

the so-called Federal Government of Somalia has provided no military assistance, logistical support, or even moral encouragement to Puntland’s troops. Puntland is strategically located, with a ...

BOSASO, Somalia - The US Africa Command conducted rare airstrikes against ISIS in Puntland, perhaps the second time the team ... Truman, currently in the Red Sea, according to defense officials who ...

The government of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said Sunday that US military strikes in the Golis mountains had killed "key figures" in the Islamic State group. US President Donald ...

Nearly 70 people were killed and up to 50 others wounded during 24 hours of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Wednesday.

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 ...

Israel is considering plans to send Gazans to Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, after Donald Trump’s pledge to ... including “special arrangements” for sea and air departures. Mr Trump ...

BALIDHIDIN, Somalia - 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 increased ...

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 ...

Fierce fighting between Islamic State militants and security forces from Somalia's Puntland region has left scores dead. Officials say the latest fighting was the heaviest since authorities in the ...

Israeli and US officials are reportedly looking into Morocco as well as two autonomous regions of Somalia ... lease of the Red Sea port of Berbera. The autonomous region of Puntland, on the ...