Some State Department officials have proposed closing the embassy in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as a precaution after ...

ABOOREY, Somalia – A senior Somali military officer was killed Tuesday in a fierce ... Colonel Asad Osman Afrah, commander of the U.S.-trained Danab Special Forces’ 164th unit, died during the intense ...

Hard-earned military gains remain tenuous and the process of restricting al Shabaab's area of operations ... within Somalia's ...

Intense fighting erupted Wednesday morning in Aboorey village in the Hiran region, between Somali forces, supported by local militia, and Al-Shabaab militants.The clash has resulted in fatalities and ...

Asad Osman Afrah, a U.S.-trained commander of Somalia’s Danab Special Forces, was killed in an ambush by Al-Shabaab near Bulo ...

Reports: Somalia’s Mohamud Seeks Turkish Troops, Plans to Impose Emergency | Firstpost Africa | N18G Somali President Hassan ...

“The National Intelligence and Security Agency, in collaboration with the Somali National Army, carried out 6 operations in the Middle and Lower Shabelle regions, killing more than 80 ...

By the end of March 2025, the Trump administration already launched at least 16 air and drone strikes inside Somalia. In comparison, the Biden administration only launched 10 strikes in 2024.

Two U.S. Army joint ... Somalia. AFRICOM’s initial assessment is that multiple ISIS-Somalia operatives were killed and no civilians were harmed. ISIS-Somalia has proved both its will and capability to ...

“We see the evidence of an [Somali] army in disarray and in retreat ... Djibouti in May 2013 and has assumed a broader mission to conduct operations to enhance partner nation capacity ...