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) - Forces ...

Nearly 100 people were killed and up to 60 others wounded when members of the Islamic State terror group launched a deadly ...

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 ...

Puntland is an arid region on the northern tip of the Horn of Africa Credit: Abukar Mohamed/Getty But on Wednesday night, Israel Bachar, Israel’s consul general to the Pacific Southwest ...

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 ...

Fierce fighting between Islamic State militants and security forces from Somalia's Puntland region has left scores dead. Officials say the latest fighting was the heaviest since authorities in the ...

Security forces in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland announced Monday that ... However, the strike comes more than a week after US Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed conducting ...

The government of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said Sunday that US military strikes in the Golis mountains had killed "key figures" in the Islamic State group. US President Donald ...

A close analysis of the footage shows the US Africa Command struck at least seven times as huge smoke bellowed from the caves in eastern Puntland, Bari region. The strikes came in quick succession, ...

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 ...

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 ...