U.S. airstrikes in Somalia more than double under Trump, targeting ISIS and al-Shabab terrorists in coordinated operations ...

U.S. military activity in Somalia has seen a dramatic escalation this year, with airstrikes increasing more than tenfold ...

U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets fly in formation April 5, 2025. Over the weekend, U.S. Africa Command carried out its 100th ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's defense ministry said officials were investigating an explosion at a military training school in the capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday, an incident claimed by the al ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali military official says fighters from Islamic extremist rebels recaptured a town in southern Somalia, killing at least 11 Somali government soldiers. Col. Abdinur ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.S. military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete, in one of the last actions of President Donald Trump’s presidency. Some experts have warned that the withdrawal ...

The move is meant to aid Somalia against al-Shabab, an al-Qaida affiliate. Reversing a decision by predecessor Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has approved a Pentagon request to redeploy several ...

MOGADISHU, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Somalia's government said on Wednesday 49 al Shabaab fighters had been killed in a military operation in Lower Shabelle region, the latest in a months-long campaign aimed ...

Southern Somalia has been designated an "active area of hostilities." — -- The Trump administration has given the U.S. military the authorization to conduct offensive counterterrorism airstrikes ...