4 days ago · The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s …

15 hours ago · In a statement, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the airstrikes were undertaken in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia and targeted ISIS …

The Islamic State – Somalia Province[note 1] or Abnaa ul-Calipha is an affiliate of the Islamic State that primarily operates in the mountainous regions of Puntland, northern Somalia, and …

4 days ago · In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted airstrikes against ISIS-Somalia on Feb. 1, 2025. The command’s initial assessment …

4 days ago · The government of Somalia’s semiautonomous Puntland region says military strikes by the United States in the Golis Mountains killed “key figures” of the ISIL (ISIS) group.

4 days ago · American officials said that he was operating in Somalia but that his influence extended across Africa, into Europe and even to the ISIS branch in Afghanistan that carried …

4 days ago · President Trump said he ordered airstrikes against ISIS operatives in the Golis Mountains in Somalia this morning in a strike coordinated with the Somali government.

According to news reports citing several unnamed senior U.S. officials, the leader of the Islamic State’s Somali branch quietly became the global head of the Islamic State last year. This is far …

ISIS-Somalia adheres to ISIS’s strict interpretation of Islamic law and aims to extend ISIS’s self-proclaimed caliphate in Africa. ISIS-Somalia’s attacks have been sporadic, consisting largely …

Sep 12, 2024 · IS-Somalia emerged from the shadow of Al-Shabaab, Somalia’s main jihadist organisation, which controls swathes of the country’s south and centre. Amid the Islamic …