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Soldiers of the Somalia National Army walk near the frontlines at Sabiid, one of the towns they have liberated from the Al-Shabaab militants in the lower-Shabelle region on November 11, 2025. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Somali forces retake island overrun by Al-Shabaab militants

Regional forces in Somalia said they had taken back control of a strategic island on Thursday, a day after it was overrun by Al-Shabab militants

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 January, 2026
On the frontline with ISIS in Somalia with Puntland Defense Force
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Somalia says it eliminated 29 Al-Shabaab militants in Jabad Godane

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 January, 2026
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Somalia's Al-Shabaab vows to fight any Israeli use of Somaliland

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 December, 2025
Somalia has distanced itself from Israel and criticised its war on Gaza
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Israel claims it has had 'certain communication' with Somalia

The New Arab Staff
11 December, 2025
Ambulances and security forces are dispatched to the scene following a bomb attack organized against the President's convoy in Mogadishu, Somalia on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Abuukar Mohamed Muhidin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Huge blast and gunfire heard in central Mogadishu

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 October, 2025
Somalia's Danab Brigade Trained By US Special Forces In Fight Agains
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Somalia executes two soldiers for aiding Al-Shabaab

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 August, 2025
An Ethiopian Federal Police vehicle is seen parked in Meskel Square in Addis Ababa
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Ethiopia arrests 82 suspected members of Islamic State group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 July, 2025
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Somalia: At least 32 killed in al-Shabaab attack on Mogadishu

The New Arab Staff
03 August, 2024
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Somalia cafe attack kills nine, wounds 20 during Euro final

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 July, 2024
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AU 'strongly supports' Somali plea to slow troop pull-out

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 June, 2024
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US sanctions al-Shabaab fundraisers, money launderers

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 March, 2024
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AU announces second phase of Somalia troop withdrawal

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 September, 2023
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US air strike 'kills 13' Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 August, 2023
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100 Al-Qaeda militants killed in Somalia: deputy minister

The New Arab Staff
29 July, 2023
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20 'militants' killed in Al-Shabaab attack on Kenyan police

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 July, 2023
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AU force in Somalia completes first phase of drawdown

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 July, 2023
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Al-Shabaab militants strike military base in Somalia

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 June, 2023
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Eight Kenyan police killed in suspected Al-Shabaab blast

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 June, 2023
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WHO says staffer among victims of Somalia hotel siege

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 June, 2023
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Six civilians killed, 10 injured in Somalia hotel siege

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 June, 2023
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Somalia security forces end Al-Shabaab hotel attack

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 June, 2023