Meanwhile, Puntland police warned that ISIS militants, defeated in an ongoing military operation in the Calmiskaad mountains, are trying to infiltrate neighboring countries and southern Somalia, ...

Meanwhile, Puntland police warned that ISIS militants, defeated in an ongoing military operation in the Calmiskaad mountains, are trying to infiltrate neighboring countries and southern Somalia, ...

Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region announced a major offensive against ISIL and a rival group, the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab, in December. An initial assessment of Saturday’s air strikes by the US ...

Puntland police have denied reports that Ethiopian nationals were killed in the region, calling the claims "false." However, they acknowledged that a "minor incident" involving people throwing stones ...

The Tunisian, known as Abu Zubayr al-Tunisi, previously led a unit attacking police in Iraq before returning home to target Tunisian forces, said Mohamed Mubarak, the head of Puntland’s security ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...