The Federal Government of Somalia, in close coordination with the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), has confirmed two targeted airstrikes against ISIS-Somalia militants in the Puntland region.

Puntland's elite security forces killed more than 35 ISIS militants, including several foreign fighters, during a major military operation in the mountainous rural areas between Miraale and Balade in ...

In what is being hailed as a decisive victory for regional security, Puntland’s Defense Forces have forced the SIS militants ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland is criticizing changes made by the federal parliament to the country’s provisional constitution and announced it is withdrawing recognition for ...

In a move to enhance security and promote long-term stability, the Puntland government has officially integrated a clan-based ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 3 April 2024 Puntland, an arid region of north-east Somalia, declared itself an autonomous state in August 1998, in part to avoid the ...

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 ...

The town, located in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern region of Puntland, was one of numerous areas that soldiers from the regional government have taken back during Operation Hilaac ...

“Puntland was the home of peace and after 20 years of having a government, it is unacceptable to have a war breaking out in its capital,” he said. An arid oil-rich region on the northeastern ...

A Chinese fishing vessel that was allegedly hijacked last month in Somalia's waters, in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, has been liberated, the European Union's anti-piracy naval force said ...

The struggle to contain this rising threat has fallen to forces in Puntland, a remote, semiautonomous region in one of the world’s poorest, weakest nations. Puntland’s soldiers are now locked ...

Mohammed Aided, Puntland's information minister, told Reuters that the region's security forces had captured 250 square kilometres, including 50 bases, from IS since December 31 in the biggest ...