Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group's assassination squad, surrendered to authorities on Monday in the Cal Miskaad mountains, in the northeastern Puntland state, Somalia's state news ...
A little almost unknown already semi-autonomous state has shunned changes proposed by its wider country of Somalia. Puntland now says that it will hold a referendum on whether to accept the ...
Puntland rejected the federal representation of Somaliland, which refuses to acknowledge Somalia’s sovereignty and continues to pursue secessionist policies. In 2021, Somaliland forcibly displaced ...
Nearly 70 people were killed and up to 50 others wounded during 24 hours of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Wednesday.
The Islamic State armed group attacked military bases in Somalia's northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, a military official said on Tuesday. Puntland announced a ...
Security forces in Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous state of Puntland said Tuesday that they killed more than 60 ISIS (Daesh) terrorists. Gen. Mohamoud Fadhigo, spokesperson for the ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Islamic State militants (ISIS) have admitted to conducting attacks at a military base attached to the Puntland Regional Forces, leading to heavy clashes that left the group on ...