WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump's second term.

The United States military conducted an airstrike on April 11 in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia, targeting ...

Heavy fighting between two groups within the Islamic State (ISIS) is reported to have broken out today in the CalMiskad Mountains, located in the Bari region of northeastern Somalia. The clash ...

Representational AI image The US Africa Command (Africom) said on Saturday it conducted an airstrike in the Puntland region of Somalia, killing several members of the Islamic State (IS).

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The draft of a letter from ... against the al-Shabab extremist group and an affiliate of the Islamic State. The letter, dated March 16 and leaked on social media last ...

Al Shabaab Battles Somalia's Army for Control of Strategic Military ... to the southwest, and Galmudug State. Al Shabaab, which has waged an insurgency in Somalia since 2007 to seize power ...

Aadan Yabaal in Middle Shabelle region, a strategic town taken over by al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group the day before, with ...

Adan Ayabaal town, 245km from Mogadishu, serves as critical logistical hub connecting Hirshabelle state to central Galmudug ...

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Founded with United Arab Emirates money and mentored by private South African military contractors to address growing piracy, it has turned to fighting al-Shabab and Islamic State in Somalia in ...

African leaders meeting in Uganda are calling for more peacekeepers for Somalia to defend against the extremist ...