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    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...

    Former senior ISIS leader dies in prison in Puntland State

    Tuesday March 18, 2025Bosaso (HOL) — A former senior leader of ISIS, Abdirahman Shirwac Lahore, has died in a prison in the coastal...

    Somali regional state denies corruption claims, calls allegations a defamation campaign

    Monday March 10, 2025Jigjiga city, the capital of Somali Regional StateJIGJIGA, Ethiopia (HOL) — The Somali Regional State Communication Affairs Bureau has strongly...

    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...

    Lawmakers call for intervention over governance concerns in South West State

    Tuesday March 4, 2025Lawmakers and political leaders from South West State gather in Mogadishu to discuss governance concerns and electoral challenges in the...

    ENDF troops donate medical supplies to Bay Regional Hospital in South West State of Somalia

    FanaBCMonday March 3, 2025Members of Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) deployed in the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) donated...

    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,...

    Southwest State of Somalia signs $500M deal with Kuwaiti firm to develop Barawa port

    Tuesday February 18, 2025South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen meets with a senior official from Kuwaiti firm Arabic Holding to discuss...

    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...

    Two killed in clan-related attack in Galmudug State

    Sunday February 16, 2025 Mogadishu (HOL) – At least two young men were killed and another injured in an attack by armed militias on herders...

    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...

    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)...

    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....

    Saudi Arabia slams Netanyahu’s suggestion it should host Palestinian state

    Monday February 10, 2025Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saudi Arabia has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suggestion that the kingdom’s land be...

    Somali government condemns Netanyahu’s remarks on Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia

    Monday February 10, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali government has strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's suggestion that Saudi Arabian territory could be...