Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region announced a major offensive against ISIL and a rival group, the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab, in December. An initial assessment of Saturday’s air strikes by the US ...

Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a ...

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 the assault and airstrikes ...

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 ...

Somalia's state news agency reported on Tuesday that security forces had repelled attacks on military positions in the Hagaaro and Togo-Jecel areas of Puntland's Cal Miskaad mountains. With an ...

The United States military on Saturday conducted air strikes on Islamic State group targets in Somalia, President Donald Trump announced.

“We have confirmed that at least 27 Puntland soldiers and 70 Islamic State militants, were killed during the attack and subsequent gun battle,” Ahmed said. Ahmed said it was the deadliest ...

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 ...

BOSASO, Somalia - In what could be a significant step towards the realization of stability in Puntland state, local ISIS forces declared a major victory against the IS-Somalia militants, marking a ...

BALIDHIDIN, Somalia — The dead Islamic State fighter was sprawled out on the ridge, bloodstains darkening in the sun, as a line of heavily armed Somali soldiers snaked down the mountainside to a ...