In a routine security operation, Puntland’s defense forces uncovered a unique ISIS hideout in the Buqo-aled area of the ...

IS in Somalia - with an estimated 700 to 1,500 fighters in Puntland's mountains - is much smaller than al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, which controls large parts of southern and central Somalia.

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. US President Donald Trump ...

Puntland’s Darawish forces announced today the seizure of nearly 2,000 handmade explosives and multiple ISIS-affiliated ...

The Islamic State armed group attacked military bases in Somalia's northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, a military official said on Tuesday. Puntland announced a ...

Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region announced a major offensive against ISIL and a rival group, the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab, in December. An initial assessment of Saturday’s air strikes by the US ...

US military strikes in northern Somalia have killed senior members of the Islamic State (IS) group, the head of the semi-autonomous Puntland region said Sunday.

Officials from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region thank the US via social media, calling the operation a success ...

Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group's assassination squad, surrendered to authorities on Monday in the Cal Miskaad mountains, in the northeastern Puntland state, Somalia's state news ...

BOSASO, Somalia - A recent report by The Washington Post provides an in-depth look at the escalating battle in Somalia’s northern mountains, where Puntland forces are locked in a fierce confrontation ...

During the airstrikes, militants launched drone attacks targeting bases of Puntland security forces in the area ...