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Authorities in the Somali autonomous region of Puntland said eight foreign militants were killed following an attack by Islamic fighters on security forces early Tuesday. Residents said the attack ...
Armed factions in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland have agreed to a ceasefire, a local leader told Reuters news agency on Wednesday, a day after at least 26 people were killed and 30 ...
The ISIS armed group attacked military bases in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, but government forces repelled the assault and airstrikes ...
At least 27 Puntland soldiers and more than 70 militants were slain in the fierce fighting around the Togga Jacel area of the Cal Miskaad mountains in Puntland’s Bari region, Puntland security ...
“The enemy was defeated in both directions,” with regional forces estimating that they killed up to 65 of the attackers in the assault, Puntland army spokesman Mohamud Faadhigo told a news ...
Garowe, Somalia — In a pre-dawn assault on a regional army base in Somalia's Bari region, foreign ISIS fighters met their end, according to Puntland's Information Minister Mohamud Aided Dirir.
Before those strikes, Reuters reporters who gained rare access to the village of Balidhidin, which IS controlled for a decade, saw Puntland security forces patrolling and residents circulating on foot ...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The Islamic State armed group attacked military bases in Somalia's northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, but government forces repelled ...