The US military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African ...

Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a ...

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 ...

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 ...

On February 1, the United States launched at least six airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Somalia’s semi-autonomous northern region of Puntland in support of that region’s current military ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...