Somalia and Saudi Arabia signed a military cooperation agreement weeks after Israel’s recognition of an independent ...
Shabab emerged in the mid-2000s as the armed wing of the now-outlawed Islamic Courts Union coalition before aligning itself with Al Qaeda. At its peak, it controlled much of southern and central ...
Quoting Israeli officials, Israeli media outlets have reported over the past week that President Isaac Herzog is due to make ...
Somalia’s government says U.S.-backed airstrikes and expanded ground operations have shifted momentum in its long-running war ...
The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, Ford, was spotted Wednesday off the coast of West Africa, near Gibraltar, and “could ...
Somalia reports major gains against al-Shabab as U.S. airstrikes, drones and ground forces reclaim key towns amid AU drawdown ...
Growing cooperation between Mogadishu and Ankara has drawn domestic criticism in Somalia over what some describe as a ...
Rivalry with an adversary belongs to history. Betrayal from within weakens the foundations of a state more deeply than ...
In 2022, the government started arming clan militias to fight off Al-Shabaab, the local Al-Qaeda affiliate that has waged war ...
Yet funding is not the only barrier, politics is also blocking basic operational logic. In northern Somalia, regional humanitarian teams have been inhibited from travelling between Garowe, the capital ...
Muse Bihi Abdi notes wantaway territory's constitution strictly prohibits any measure that undermines Islam or harms Muslims ...
Somalia intensifies its fight against the al-Shabab militant group with U.S. support, reclaiming territories and altering the ...