"The terrorists get a vote, and they're voting to keep fighting," former Trump counterterrorism envoy Nathan Sales told Newsweek.

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

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 ...

STORY: Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive. 96 square miles ... which controls large parts of ...

IS in Somalia - with an estimated 700 to 1,500 fighters in Puntland's mountains - is much smaller than al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, which controls large parts of southern and central Somalia.

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 ... large parts of ...