near the town of Dharjaale in the Bari region. The group was officially recognised as the Somali province of Islamic State in 2017 and has been based in the mountainous areas of Puntland.

Authorities in the Somali autonomous region of Puntland said eight foreign militants were killed following an attack by Islamic fighters on security forces early Tuesday. Residents said the attack ...

BOSSASO, Somalia - Operation Lightning continued for the second week in succession, with Puntland Defence Forces making tremendous ... miles from Bosaso town. A report published by the State ...

After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’.

Captain Yusuf Mohamed, an officer in Puntland's counter-terrorism forces, told Reuters on Tuesday that nine suicide bombers had been killed and several soldiers had been injured, near the town of ...

Militants in Somalia staged an attack in the semi-autonomous northern Puntland state ... The morning assault near the town of Dharjaale -- roughly 200 kilometres (124 miles) from the commercial ...

Puntland State TV said on Facebook eight suicide bombers were among those killed in the raid near the town of Dharjaale in the Bari region. Somalia's information minister did not immediately ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Puntland security forces, backed by international allies, carried out an air and ground operation ...

Somalia accused Ethiopian forces of a deadly attack on its troops in a border region on Monday, just days after the two countries signed an accord aimed at resolving months of tension. The Somali ...