The United States struck terrorist targets in Somalia on Monday as part of a ramped-up effort to suppress al-Shabaab and ...
One of the leaders is Abdikani Ali Mohamed, a teenage-faced colonel whose authority has grown in the city as Somalia’s ...
As President Donald Trump overhauls U.S. policy in Africa — slashing foreign aid programs and paring back assistance for allied forces in the region — al-Shabab militants are on the march in Somalia.
Despite having a robust, multifaceted counter-terrorism strategy, Somalia’s gains against the al-Shabaab terror group are ...
US special forces have been deployed in Somalia for years, training and supporting the Somali military against the al-Qaeda aligned Shabaab. "On May 4, one US service member was killed during an ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Enough was enough. For 13 years, extremists with al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate had controlled Mohamud Adow’s village in central Somalia, imposing harsh ideology and arresting ...