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    Telegram shuts down ISIS propaganda channel in Somalia amid crackdown

    Saturday February 15, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Telegram has removed Iclaam, a channel used by the Islamic State (ISIS) to disseminate propaganda, marking a...

    Puntland airstrike destroys ISIS explosives factory in Al-Miskaat mountains

    Saturday February 15, 2025Garowe (HOL) – The Puntland Counterterrorism Task Force announced on Saturday that an airstrike destroyed an ISIS explosives factory in...

    Puntland forces within 15km of last ISIS stronghold in Somalia

    Friday February 14, 2025Puntland Minister of Information, Mohamud Aydid Dirir, speaks to the media during a frontline visit. Garowe (HOL) — Puntland officials say...

    Puntland seeks international support to sustain military campaign against ISIS

    Thursday February 13, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somalia's Puntland State has called on international partners to provide logistical and technical assistance to support its...

    ISIS forcing migrants into militancy in Puntland, Somali officials say

    Wednesday February 12, 2025Bosaso (HOL) — Puntland intelligence officials have uncovered a systematic effort by the Islamic State (ISIS) to forcibly recruit foreign...

    Somali security forces kill more than 60 ISIS fighters in Puntland state

    Mohamed DhaysaneWednesday February 12, 2025Security forces in Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous state of Puntland said Tuesday that they killed more than 60 ISIS (Daesh)...

    Somalia deploys elite troops in major push against Al-Shabaab, ISIS

    Tuesday February 11, 2025Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud addresses specially trained units of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) during a send-off...

    Somali army force repel ISIS attack in Al-Miskaat mountains

    Tuesday February 11, 2025Garowe (HOL) – Security forces in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland foiled an attack by ISIS militants in the Haraya...

    Puntland clerics call for unity in fight against ISIS in Al-Miskaat mountains

    Monday February 10, 2025Garowe (HOL) – Religious clerics in Puntland have called for unity among communities to support the ongoing military campaign against...

    Somali president joins push for renewed offensive against ISIS after key victory

    Thursday February 6, 2025Hassan Sheikh Mohamud / Photograph: Girma BertaMogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has renewed his call for stepped-up...

    Top ISIS leader surrenders to Puntland forces near Qandala

    Tuesday February 4, 2025Puntland security forces advance through rugged terrain in the Al Miskaad mountains during an intensified military campaign against ISIS militants. Garowe...

    VIDEO: Trump’s first major military operation in second term targeted ISIS in Somalia

    VIDEO: Trump's first major military operation in second term targeted ISIS in Somalia ...

    Somali defense minister hails US airstrikes for killing top ISIS leaders in Bari

    Monday February 3, 2025Somalia’s Defense Minister, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, addresses troops during a ceremony at the Balidoogle military base in Lower ShabelleMogadishu (HOL)...

    Puntland confirms 46 ISIS deaths in U.S. airstrikes on Al-Miskad Mountains

    Sunday February 2, 2025FILE - Gen. Mohamud Mohamed Ahmed, known as Faadhigo, spokesperson for Puntland’s anti-ISIS operationsGarowe (HOL) — Puntland officials have claimed...

    UK, Somalia strengthen security partnership to counter al-Shabaab, ISIS

    Sunday February 2, 2025Somali Police Chief Major General Asad Osman Abdullahi meets with UK Ambassador to Somalia Mike Nithavrianakis in Mogadishu to discuss...

    U.S. airstrikes in Somalia’s Al Miskad Mountains kill senior ISIS operatives

    Sunday February 2, 2025A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 ("Checkerboards") ignites its afterburners during a launch...