Some State Department officials have proposed closing the embassy in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as a precaution after ...

No civilian was harmed during the operation, officials said. "ISIS-Somalia has proved both its will and capability to attack U.S. forces," the U.S. Army said while insisting on future operations in ...

The UN Security Council is due to vote in mid-May on the “hybrid” funding model based on Resolution 2719, which allows ...

Joint US-Somalia air strikes and combat killed dozens of Al-Shabaab jihadists attacking a key town and a military base and ...

Joint US-Somalia air strikes targeted Al-Shabaab militants ... including a raid on Adan Yabaal and an assault on an army base. The strikes highlight ongoing efforts to counter the resurgence ...

U.S. airstrikes killed 12 al Shabaab militants in central Somalia and destroyed a ship carrying weapons for the al Qaeda-linked group, the Somali government said on Thursday, following recent advances ...

The Al-Shabaab militants are increasingly facing offensives from the military with close supervision by the United States Army and the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia. The ...

The armed group claims to have seized control of Adan Yabaal town, but the Somali army disputes the battle outcome.

An airstrike by Somali forces killed 12 al Shabaab militants in central Somalia and another 35 Islamists were killed by the ...

Al Shabaab fighters captured a town in central Somalia on Wednesday that government forces had been using as a staging area to drive back an offensive by the militants that has gained ground in recent ...