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.

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Puntland forces in Somalia have taken large swathes of territory from Islamic State. They have asked for international help to fight IS. IS in Somalia is smaller than al-Shabaab. Forces from Somalia's ...

GAROWE, Somalia — Puntland forces on Tuesday announced that a high-ranking member of the Islamic State (IS) faction in the northeastern region of Bari surrendered to them amid a military offensive, ...

Washington — 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 ...

The offensive is part of a broader campaign aimed at eradicating ISIS militants who have used Puntland’s mountainous terrain as a strategic base for their operations in the Horn of Africa. Somalia’s ...

Mogadishu, Feb 6 — Somali Federal Forces, in collaboration with local militias, have executed successful military operations against al Shabaab militants in the Hiraan region, focusing on areas ...

The United States and the United Arab Emirates are conducting airstrikes in northern Somalia in support of Puntland’s ...

Somalia's Minister of Defense, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, hosted a meeting with James Swan, the Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, at the Ministry of Defense ...

A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and as security forces ...

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