The warlords' fighters took up defensive positions in the strategic town of Jowhar, 60 miles northwest of Mogadishu. Jowhar is controlled by alliance leader Mohamed Dheere, who was believed to be ...

Hours after the Islamic militia attacked the town of Jowhar from three directions, the warlords' remaining forces fled east, some in pickup trucks with rooftop-mounted machine guns. Militiamen ...

The Somali town of Jowhar, the last stronghold of the US-backed warlords, braced for new clashes yesterday after three militia chiefs fled the township, residents said. Gunmen loyal to warlord Mohamed ...

Somali Islamic fighters have captured the town of Jowhar from warlords a week after driving them from the capital, Mogadishu, 90km to the south. The militia loyal to the Union of Islamic courts ...

The siege appeared to be an attempt to deal a final blow to the weakened warlords, who had ruled Mogadishu for 15 years. Residents of Jowhar said militia fighters linked to sharia courts had ...

Islamic militia have captured the Somali town of Jowhar, which was the last major stronghold of a U.S.-backed alliance of warlords. Witnesses say fighters loyal to hard-line Islamic courts took ...

Two alliance members, warlords Musa Sudi Yalahow and Bashir Raghe Shirar, are holed up with Abgal elders and have warned they will attack the Islamists if they attempt to take Jowhar or seize the ...

Locals said the warlords were preparing to defend their last redoubt of Jowhar, 90 km (55 miles) north of the capital, including an advance line outside the town. "There are so many fighters and ...

Jowhar - Three US-backed Somali warlords on Tuesday fled their last remaining stronghold of Jowhar, to where they had escaped after being routed in Mogadishu by Islamic fighters, an AFP correspondent ...

Warlords then turned on each other ... Gedi, lawmakers and members of his Cabinet returned home on June 18, setting up operations in Jowhar. The president, though, has yet to return home. Discover the ...

Warlords supporting the anti-terrorism alliance had moved into Jowhar following their defeat in Mogadishu. The Islamic Courts militia controls much of southern Somalia. It is not clear at this ...

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - Days after winning control of Mogadishu, an Islamist militia advanced on Friday toward the last stronghold of secular warlords, Jowhar. The warlords are widely believed to be ...