Tag: Al-Qaeda
Somali cabinet approves appointment of Gen Muhyadin as new army chief
Somalia’s Cabinet on Monday approved the appointment of General Ibrahim Sheekh Muhyadin Adow as the new Commander of the Somali National Army ...Airstrikes target Al-Shabaab leaders in Somalia
In a joint operation with the Somali National Army, international partners carried out an airstrike targeting a gathering of high-level Al-Shabaab leaders ...Al-Shabaab kidnap healthcare workers in Somalia’s Hiiraan region
Al Shabaab terrorists kidnapped five healthcare professionals and a civilian man in Somalia’s central Hiiraan region on Tuesday afternoon, according to local ...Somali army pushes Al-Shabaab out of key town in Middle Shabelle
The Somali army has pushed out Al-Shabaab out of the strategic town of Run-Nirgod in Somalias’s Middle Shabelle region. Addressing journalists in ...The US military operation in Somalia, explained
Ahead of a trip to Saudi Arabia this year, US President Joe Biden said he would be the first president to visit ...Somalia bans use of ‘al-Shabaab’ when referring to terror group
The Somali government has prohibited the use of “al-Shabaab” when referring to the al-Qaeda-linked terror group based in Somalia. In a statement ...U.S. lists Al-Shabaab financial facilitators
The US has designated a network of Al-Shabaab financial facilitators who act as key interlocutors between the group and local companies in ...
