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 ...

The Islamic State armed group attacked military bases in Somalia's northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and ...

Israel is considering plans to send Gazans to Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, after Donald Trump’s pledge ... the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on earth”, while ...

EDITORIAL | For over 26 years, Puntland, a federal state of Somalia, has independently defended its borders and safeguarded its people without meaningful support from the central government in ...

BOSASO, Somalia - At least 57 militants, including foreigners, were killed on Tuesday night in an operation against ISIS carried out in eastern parts of Puntland state, with the regional forces ...

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 ...

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 ...

Authorities in Somalia’s Puntland region this week banned the illegal entry of foreigners and ordered telecom companies to deactivate SIM cards linked to undocumented people and Islamic State ...

Garowe, Somalia — The security forces of the Puntland Government have seized a boat carrying military supplies, including uniforms and other military equipment after the vessel was intercepted ...