Today top US officials - including the CIA deputy director - held first senior in-person meeting with the Taliban since the US killed al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul in July, sources tell
1 année il y aAn airstrike was conducted Saturday by @USAfricaCommand against al-Shabaab near Jilib, Somalia
In the east of Galgaduud province, At least 20 AlShabaab militants were killed, more than 10 villages captured from the terror group in the last 24 hours, deputy minister for @MOISOMaliA, Abdirahman Yusuf Al-Adala told state media
Sources close to HTS and local sources denied the allegations that there was a coup attempt (against Jolani) in Idlib
1 année il y aUS confirms airstrike vs alShabaab on September 18 Per @USAfricaCommand, the alShabaab fighters were attacking Somalia forces near Buulobarde. Initial US assessment indicates 27 Shabaab fighters killed - no civilian casualties
Media in Puntland reporting an explosion in Milxo, a small mining village that comes under Lasqoray district, Sanaag region, @MohamedSelh. Early reports indicate there are casualties. One account suggests a suicide bomber may have been responsible for the explosion
1 année il y aA soldier was killed, nine civilians were injured in an IED explosion at a teashop in the coastal town of Barawe, Tuesday, residents
Al-Shabaab blows up water wells, boreholes and communication masts in Somalia's central Galmudug State
1 civilian killed 11 injured after mortar shells hit a residential area at 5am in Mogadishu's Bondheere district
1 année il y aSomalia's defense minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur along with the army chief Gen Odowa and Hiran governor Ali Jeite reached newly captured areas on the outskirts of Beledweyne city as local militia and SNA battle to flush out Al-Shabab from the region - official
1 année il y aAbout 30 hours after Al-Shabaab jihadists stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital, the deadly siege is over. "The gunmen are dead," a Somali security commander said Saturday around midnight, adding that a press briefing would be held Sunday morning
At least 10 people have been killed in an attack by Islamic militants who stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital, police and eyewitnesses said. Several other people were injured and security forces rescued many others from Mogadishu's Hayat Hotel, they said
1 année il y aBreaking-Dozens of Mogadishu residents searching for missing loved ones thought to have stayed at HayatHotel before tonight's gun and bomb attack arrive at Digfer Hospital
1 année il y aU.S. AFRICOM confirms 14th August airstrike against al-Shabab near Teedaan in Somalia, which killed 13 militants
The Biden administration has decided it will not release any of the roughly $7 billion of Afghan assets held by the Afghan central bank on US soil and has suspended talks with Kabul over the funds after the killing of al Qaeda's leader in Kabul, said WSJ, citing US officials
The Taliban implicitly accepted that al-Zawahiri was killed in Kabul, but apparently they will not repeat the "mistake of Osama's time" and will bury the body quietly
1 année il y a"By hosting and sheltering the leader of al Qa'ida in Kabul, the Taliban grossly violated the Doha Agreement and repeated assurances to the world that they would not allow Afghan territory to be used by militants to threaten the security of other countries," @SecBlinken says
A senior administration official: "a precise tailored airstrike" using 2 hellfire missiles was conducted at 9:48pET Saturday July 30th – 6:18AM Kabul time, via unmanned air strike & was authorized by Biden following weeks of meetings with his Cabinet & key advisors
He was located this year and confidence increased over the past few months, official said. Zawahiri didn't leave the house, was killed by drone strike with 2 Hellfire missiles. Senior Taliban leaders knew he was in the house, official said
US President Joe Biden: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in Afghanistan
White House: U.S. carried out successful counterterrorism operation against 'significant' al-Qaeda target in Afghanistan
1 année il y a4 members of the Somali army, including 2 explosives experts, were killed, 3 others were wounded, and various weapons and military equipment were seized in an attack by Al-Shabaab fighters on a militia military base in the Adega area, in the suburbs of Kismayo, Juba state, in southern Somalia. Al-Shabaab fighters also raided
1 année il y aSomalia: A total of 11 people; The mayor of Marka town, his 2 bodyguards and a number of passersby were killed the AlShabaab suicide bombing on Wednesday morning
1 année il y aSomali militants group of AlShabaab claims the killing of two KDF soldiers & wounding 3 others in an overnight attack at El-Raamo base in Mandera count last night. Another team of security forces survived an IED along the Fino-Sheikh Barrow road in the same area
1 année il y aEthiopia sends reinforcements to the Somali region following last week's Al-Shabaab attack. (Photos courtesy of SRTV)
1 année il y aThe governor urges the Liyu Police forces to consult with the SWS authorities and that of Bakool region before illegally crossing the Somalia-Ethiopia border and conducting military operations. The region has been under severe humanitarian blockade by Alshabab
The US military announces the killing of two Al-Shabab militants in an air strike in Somalia
1 année il y aHeavy fighting broke out west of Beledweyne city in central Somalia after armed clan militias known as Ma'wisley stormed Al-Shabab base, prompting an hours-long gunfight that caused casualties - Hiran regional official
@CENTCOM says the US conducted a kinetic strike in Idlib province, Syria today targeting Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a senior leader of Hurras al-Din, an AlQaeda -aligned terrorist organization; adds he was traveling alone on a motorcycle at the time of the strike
1 année il y aAfter ~24hrs of ISR, a U.S. drone has struck a vehicle traveling between Idlib & Binnish tonight. No word yet on target, casualties etc
