The Post ventured to the front lines of an offensive against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, where foreign fighters are flowing in and cash is flowing out.

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

Ahmed Maeleninine, an Omani-born leader of Islamic State, was killed in U.S. airstrikes against the terror group in Somalia earlier this month, officials of the Puntland region said Wednesday.

The attack is the largest overseas military operation by the second Trump administration so far, killing "multiple" ISIS members.

On February 1, the United States launched at least six airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Somalia’s semi-autonomous northern region of Puntland in support of that region’s current military ...

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.

The U.S. struck targets in the Golis mountains, and no civilians were harmed, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said..

February 26, 2025: On New Year’s day the UN authorized a new peacekeeping force of 11,900 troops. In February the U.S. carried out airstrikes against Islamic terrorists in Puntland, which is in ...

By Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington President Trump ordered airstrikes on Saturday against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, the first major U.S. military operation overseas since he ...

On Feb. 1, President Donald Trump ordered the first airstrike of his presidency, against senior Islamic State commanders in northern Somalia. A U.S. intelligence official, speaking like others in ...

BALIDHIDIN, Somalia - The dead Islamic State fighter was sprawled out on the ridge, blood stains darkening in the sun, as a line of heavily armed Somali soldiers snaked down the mountainside to a ...