Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a “province” of the Islamic State group. The town, located in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern ...

24, 2025, members of the Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a “province” of the Islamic State group. The town, located in ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland is criticizing changes made by the federal parliament to the country’s provisional constitution and announced it is withdrawing recognition for ...

Puntland's military spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday that the security forces had killed at least 85 IS militants in battles over the past two days, while 17 soldiers also died.

The hijacked vessel, registered under Taiwan's flag, was reportedly moved multiple times. A local businessman ... to operate in Somali waters by the Puntland administration, had two security ...

Authorities in Somalia’s Puntland region this week banned the illegal entry of foreigners and ordered telecom companies to deactivate SIM cards linked to undocumented people and Islamic State ...

Somalia's northeastern Puntland region announced a major offensive against Islamic State and a rival Islamist group, the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, in December and claims to have since captured ...

Puntland soldiers and logistics convoys have targeted dozens of times by drones, a tactic commonly used by militants in Syria and Iraq but new to Somalia. Footage from captured drones shared with ...

Although Puntland's charter provides for freedom of the press, the authorities have resorted to detaining journalists and closing media outlets. Radio Puntland and Puntland TV are run by the local ...