NAIROBI, KENYA — 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 ...

Security forces in Somalia's Puntland State say they have seized a boat carrying illegal military supplies, just days after the US launched an air strike targeting ISIS hideouts in the region.

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 ...

A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been captured, police and state media have said, as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against the group. Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid ...

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 increased international support ...

Somalia's northeastern Puntland region announced a major offensive against Islamic State and a rival Islamist group, the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, in December and claims to have since captured ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On Feb. 24, 2025, members of the Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a “province” of the Islamic State ...

How the small autonomous region of Puntland found success in battling Islamic State in Somalia By Ido Levy , American University School of International Service June 17, 2025 ...