US Africa Command: We conducted airstrikes on April 16 targeting advanced conventional weapons aboard two vessels en route to al-Shabaab.
4 day agoAl-Shabaab Militants Raid Ugandan Forces Military Base, in Janale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Somali National Army, with @USAfricaCommand support, carried out a targeted airstrike in Aadan Yabaal, killing 12 Al-Shabaab militants. No civilian casualties. Operations continue to ensure lasting security
Somali media: Mortar shells fired at the presidential palace
3 week agoSomali Forces Strike Al-Shabaab in Lower Juba. Somali Danab Commandos and Jubbaland’s Dervish forces launched a joint operation against Al-Shabaab in northern Lower Juba. Officials say the raid destroyed key positions and inflicted heavy losses, though no casualty figures were
In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted multiple airstrikes against ISIS-Somalia on March 25, 2025
Al-Shabab fighters raided a security camp in Garissa, Kenya, killing six and injuring four. The attackers overran the camp, shot and stabbed victims, then fled. Security forces are pursuing them
1 month agoTragedy in Somalia: Cargo plane crashes near MogadishunnA DHC-5D Buffalo aircraft operated by Trident Aviation crashed just 24 km from Mogadishu while en route from Dhobley. All 5 passengers on board lost their lives
1 month agoNew African Union Chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf Visits Mogadishu, Somalia
Mohamed says his 13-year-old son was killed and his daughter wounded in an airstrike on his home in Gal’ad town, some 350 km north of Mogadishu, insisting he’s a well-known civilian with no ties to Al Shabab
The Somalia government reportedly deployed security forces on Friday to the road connecting Mogadishu and agricultural town Afgooye following multiple sightings of AlShabaab militants in the area throughout the week
1 month agoAhmed Nasser Dhuwaifar al-Khalifi, a member of al-Qaeda in Yemen, was killed in a US raid targeting al-Shabaab members in Somalia.
1 month agoSomalia Official statement: Al-Shabaab, facing heavy defeats, attempted a failed attack on President @HassanSMohamud’s convoy in Mogadishu today. The cowardly act resulted in civilian casualties, but the President safely reached his destination. The fight against terror continues
1 month agoMassive Explosion Targets Somalian President’s Convoy Near Villa Somalia. A powerful improvised explosive device (IED) was remotely detonated near Ceel-Gaabta, targeting Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s convoy shortly after it left Villa Somalia
1 month agoMore than 120 Al-Shabaab militants were killed in Somali army airstrikes targeting the city of Jilib in the Middle Juba region in the south of the country.
The U.S. military conducted a “collective self-defense” airstrike against al Shabaab on March 15, 2025, about 150km NE of Mogadishu; combatants were killed and that no civilians were injured or killed - per statement
The Somali government has reported that 16 al-Shabaab fighters were killed in two airstrikes in the vicinity of Basra, Lower Shabelle region, last night
1 month agoUS Central Command releases video of targeting prominent leader of Guardians of Religion Organization "Mohammad Yusuf Zia Talai" who was killed in a raid carried out on February 23 in northwestern Syria
1 month agoSix Injured in Explosion at a Restaurant in Cali Goleey, Mogadishu, Six people, including two women, were injured in an explosion that struck a restaurant in the Cali Goleey neighborhood of Kaxda district, Mogadishu, earlier today. The restaurant is located near a Somali police checkpoint
1 month agoAl Shabab group claims to have killed 23 soldiers in a dawn attack followed by Heavy fighting in Bal'ad, 30km from Mogadishu. Militants have retreated after SNA and Burundian forces launched a counterattack. The raids by Al Shabab have escalated since last week
The target of the coalition raid in the Idlib countryside is a military trainer named Jaafar al-Turki
2 month agoUS Coalition drone strike targeted a vehicle on the road between Killi and Kaftin in northern Idlib countryside, Syria
At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, the United States has conducted "collective self-defense airstrikes" against al Shabaab. The airstrikes occurred in the vicinity of Bulo Burti, Somalia
@CENTCOM says its forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria yesterday that killed Wasim Tahsin Bayraqdar, a senior leadership facilitator of the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din (HaD), an alQaida affiliate
2 month agoSyria: Wassim Bayrqadar was the target of US drone strike today. He was the former Internal Security Official of Horas Al-Din
The international coalition aircraft carried out an airstrike in the Qah area in the northern Idlib countryside.
2 month agoAl Shabab group releases photos it claims show today's pre-dawn attacks on Daaru Nicma, Ali Fooldheere, and Al Kawtharareas in the Middle Shabelle region. No word yet from SNA over the claim
CENTCOM Forces Kill Senior Operative of Al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din: On Feb. 15, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria targeting and killing a senior finance and logistics official in the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din (HaD), an Al-Qaeda affiliate.
2 month agoSpoils taken by al-Qaeda (JNIM) from their recent raid on Djibo. More assaults expected soon, given the overall rise in battles all over Sahel this month.
2 month agoAl_Shabaab Militants Raid Ethiopian Forces Military Base at Wajid Airport, Forcing Cargo Plane Landing to Retreat, in Wajid, Bakool, Somalia
