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    Somali Foreign Minister attends Islamic Cooperation summit in Istanbul

    Sunday June 22, 2025 Istanbul (HOL) — Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdisalam Abdi Ali participated Saturday in the opening of the 51st...

    Somali Islamic Affairs Minister meets Türkiye’s Religious Affairs head in Makkah to boost bilateral cooperation

    Monday June 9, 2025Makkah (HOL) – Somali Minister of Endorsements and Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Ali, held a key meeting on Sunday...

    US airstrike against Islamic State kills multiple ISIS militants in Puntland

    Sunday March 30, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – The United States military conducted an airstrike on March 29 targeting Islamic State (ISIS) militants in northern...

    Islamic State in Somalia: the terrorist group’s origins, rise and recent battlefield defeats

    Saturday March 22, 2025The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based...

    Islamic State in retreat after offensive in Somalia’s Puntland

    Wednesday March 5, 2025 By Harun Maruf and Jeff Seldin FILE - Puntland security forces parade newly trained soldiers and equipment to combat Islamic State...

    Islamic State in Somalia expands global reach, becomes key financial hub

    Friday February 21, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — The Islamic State’s Somalia branch (IS-S) has grown into one of the group’s most critical global affiliates,...

    Somali officials: US airstrike against Islamic State kills 16 militants

    By Mohamed Olad HassanTuesday February 18, 2025U.S. airstrikes killed 16 militants affiliated with the Islamic State terrorist group in northern Somalia, officials there...

    Somali militant Abdul Qadir Mumin believed to be global leader of Islamic State

    Saturday February 15, 2025Abdulqadir Mumin, leader of Islamic State-Somalia, appears in an al-Shabaab propaganda film recorded in July 2015. Later that year, he...

    The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia — and has global ambitions

    Tuesday February 11, 2025By Katharine HoureldThe Post ventured to the front lines of an offensive against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, where...

    Scores dead as Islamic State attacks military base in Somalia

    FILE - A security officer walks in Balidhidin village in Puntland's Bari region, Somalia, on Jan. 26, 2025. Somali officials said on Feb....

    Scores killed in Somalia in clash between security forces, Islamic State

    By Mohamed Olad HassanThursday February 6, 2025A man sits beside the wreckage of burnt military supply vehicles used by suspected Islamic State fighters...

    Senior Islamic State Somalia commander captured in Puntland

    Monday February 3, 2025MOGADISHU, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state...

    US strikes stronghold of Islamic State affiliate in Somalia

    By Harun Maruf, Mohamed Olad, Jeff SeldinSunday February 2, 2025WASHINGTON — U.S. warplanes took aim at the Islamic State affiliate in Somalia, hitting...

    Puntland deploys Helicopter to support military offensive against Islamic State in Bari region

    Thursday January 23, 2025Garowe (HOL) –Puntland regional administration has on Thursday displayed a helicopter to assist its forces in their ongoing operations against the Islamic...

    Islamic State’s deadliest Somalia attack spotlights regional instability

    Friday January 10, 2025Armed fighters of the Islamic State Somalia Province (ISS) stand in formation in the rugged terrain of northern Somalia, reflecting...