MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali said Thursday that its forces backed by local militias had killed at least 100 al-Shabaab fighters in central Galmudug state. Information Minister Daud Aweis told reporters that the fighting took place around Wisil and Shabelow districts, where the troops inflicted heavy casualties and “the terrorist bodi...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Defense Minister Aden Duale said Wednesday that Kenya troops will completely withdraw from Somalia by December 31, 2024. “The last troops are expected to leave Somalia on 31 December 2024 as per the AU (Africa Union) and UN Security Council resolution and plan,” Duale told the Senate. He said Kenya began...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali government has claimed that it killed 1,650 al-Shabaab militants and injured more than 550 others in the last two months during several military operations in the south-central regions. At least 19 high-ranking militants were among those killed in the recent operations in the Horn of Africa country, a...
Attacks target Iran-backed groups in regions of Kharabesh, Al-Herri and al-Humayda DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (AA) – Unidentified aircraft carried out airstrikes Monday on three military positions belonging to Iran-backed terrorist groups aligned with the Syrian government in Al-Bukamal district near Syria’s border with Iraq. The aircraft conduc...
Caretaker interior minister says government knows ‘each and everything’ about who supports militant groups in region ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti accused the Indian premier intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), on Saturday of being behind terrorist attacks in Paki...
ANKARA (AA) – Two police officers were slightly injured when one of two terrorists on Sunday morning blew himself up in front of the General Directorate of Security in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the interior minister said. “…Two terrorists, who arrived in a light commercial vehicle in front of the gate of the General […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti accused the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on Saturday of being behind terror attacks in Pakistan. Bugti condemned Friday’s bombing of an Islamic religious gathering and said nearly 55 people were killed. “We know each and e...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Somalia has announced that it apprehended a senior al-Shabaab operative responsible for procuring weaponry and explosives from foreign sources. The spy agency said Sakaria Kamal, better known as Saki, is responsible for procuring weaponry “solely to arm the...
Sources told media outlets, the Afghan leadership discussed cracking down on the TTP in a meeting with Pakistani officials last week in Kabul KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has arrested 200 militants suspected of carrying out cross-border attacks on Pakistan. These arrests came after a brutal attack on two...
Attack comes at a time when Pakistan is already grappling with a series of security challenges ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – At least 52 people were killed and 114 injured in a suicide blast that targeted a procession in Mastung district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Friday. The explosion occurred near the Madina Masjid on Alfalah ...