Israel has become the first country to recognize the independence of Somaliland, an autonomous region within Somalia's internationally recognized borders. Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has operated as a de facto independent state for decades, though it...
US airstrikes hit Somalia's Puntland region on December 25, Christmas Day, according to a press release from US Africa Command, as the Trump administration continues a record-shattering bombing campaign in the country. The command said that its forces conducted...
US Africa Command announced on Monday that its forces launched airstrikes in Somalia's Puntland region on December 19 as the Trump administration continues bombing the country at a record pace, an air war that receives virtually no media coverage in the United States....
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed on Friday that its forces launched an airstrike near Nuur Dugle, a village in southern Somalia that al-Shabaab captured after a battle with US-backed forces, on December 18. "The airstrikes occurred in the vicinity of Nuur Dugle,...
Al-Shabaab has captured a strategic town in southern Somalia after a fierce battle with US-backed government forces, according to Somali media reports. According to the Somali Guardian, al-Shabaab militants overran Somali army positions in Nuur Dugle, a village in the...
US Africa Command has announced at least four more airstrikes in Somalia as the Trump administration continues to bomb the country at a record pace with virtually no media coverage in the United States. AFRICOM said in one press release that its forces launched...
US Africa Command announced on Monday that its forces launched another airstrike in Somalia as the Trump administration continues its record-shattering bombing campaign in the country. AFRICOM said the strike was launched on December 14 and targeted al-Shabaab about...
A committee in Somalia tasked with investigating the killing of a Somali clan elder who was hit by a US airstrike has found that he was a peaceful figure with no links to militant groups, rejecting claims from US Africa Command that he was an al-Shabaab weapons...
A US-trained Somali government force killed dozens of civilians during an attack on a village in southern Somalia that started Tuesday night and continued until Wednesday morning, according to Somali media reports. According to the Somali Guardian, the attack targeted...
US Africa Command told Antiwar.com in an email on Tuesday that its forces have launched 111 airstrikes in Somalia this year, an unprecedented number as President Trump has dramatically escalated the US war in the country. The figure is more than 10 times the number of...
