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 ...

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 ...

BOSOASO, Somalia - An operation waged by the Puntland Defense Forces left a Tunisian ISIS fighter and two Somali militants dead, marking a significant step towards the elimination of the terrorists in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The government of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said United States military strikes in the Golis mountains had killed "key figures" from the the Islamic State armed… Read more » ...

MOGADISHU - 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 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 ...