In an interview with VOA’s Somali Service, a spokesperson for Puntland security operations, Brigadier General Mohamud Mohamed ...

Somalia—In a critical development aimed at stabilizing northeastern Somalia, Puntland’s security forces have launched the final phase of Operation Hillaac in the Bari region. The operation, which has ...

GAROWE, Somalia – Puntland has criticized the Somali Federal ... The region has been leading its military operations against ISIS fighters entrenched in the mountainous Bari region, where Puntland ...

Somali security forces said they killed several Islamic State fighters and seized eight jihadist outposts during ongoing military operations in the semi-autonomous Puntland region.

Garowe, Somalia — In a pre-dawn assault on a regional army base in Somalia's Bari region, foreign ISIS fighters met their end, according to Puntland's Information Minister Mohamud Aided Dirir.

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 respond ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Puntland forces discovered the passport of Saudi-born Al Hawshani Mohamed Ahmed during an operation ...

Authorities in the Somali autonomous region of Puntland said ... “Puntland anti-terrorism forces in the Dharjale, Bari region were attacked by the bloodsucking Daesh terrorist group,” he ...

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. For many ...