The army of the semi-autonomous Puntland region in Somalia said Friday they had taken control of a "strategic mountain command base" of the Islamic State group (IS).
The Federal Government of Somalia has initiated a military offensive targeting Al-Shabaab militants in several regions of the country, with the Hiran region seeing the heaviest preparations for battle ...
CAIRO, Jan 28 (KUNA) -- Somali army announced Tuesday killing of militia personnel during military operation in Hiran region. Somali news agency, monitored in Cairo, quoted the army's colonel Abdullah ...
Beledweyne, Somalia (Smn) — The Federal Government of Somalia has initiated a military offensive targeting Al-Shabaab militants in several regions of the country, with the Hiran region seeing ...
which means "Lightning" and has proved more effective than the regular Somali army at rooting out al-Shabab. The Americans have an airbase at Baledogle, north-west of Mogadishu, and conduct regular ...
Meanwhile, Uganda’s military has been placed on standby to secure additional territory in the new peacekeeping mission as part of the AU’s realignment of its force supporting the Somali army ...