Somalian military forces killed ten Al-Shabaab terrorists including senior commander
Somali National Army (SNA) forces on Monday killed ten Alshabab militants including two senior Al Shabaab officials in a military operation near Barire town in...
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Al Shabaab terrorists released two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya
The al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab has released two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya and held for a year and a half in neighboring...
Six Somali soldiers killed by landmine blast near Bal’ad
At least six Somali soldiers were killed and several others wounded after their military vehicle ran over a landmine near the town of Balád, some...
Two men guilty of conspiracy with Al-Shabaab terrorists over the Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya
A Kenyan court found two men guilty Wednesday of conspiring with the Al-Shabaab extremists who killed 67 people in an armed rampage at Nairobi's upscale...
Eight people injured in suspected Al-Shabaab bus attack in Kenya
At least eight people were seriously injured in a gun attack on a passenger bus in northeastern Kenya on Tuesday, local media reported. According to...
Three non-local constructors abducted by suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists in Kenya
Three constructors are missing after they were abducted by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Mandera County on Wednesday evening. Police said the victims were constructors who...
Al-Shabaab’s improvised explosive device supply chain gambit in Somalia
Al-Shabaab ended 2019 with a truck-borne improvised explosive device (IED) attack that killed at least 82 people and wounded dozens more in Mogadishu, Somalia. It...
Al-Shabaab terrorist attacks intensify as election looms
In the past week alone, Somalia has been the scene of over a dozen deadly terror attacks by al-Shabab. The Islamist militant group is seen...
Al-Shabaab terrorist jailed for attack on US base in Kenya
A military court in Somalia has sentenced a militant Islamist to life in prison for his role in a deadly attack on a US base...
Al-Shabaab terrorist group threatens to trap the U.S. military in Somalia
The Pentagon’s war against terror in Somalia was supposed to begin winding down next year, but the number of American airstrikes against al-Shabab targets keeps...
US Africa Command service member injured in Al-Shabaab terrorist attack in Somalia
A US service member was injured in Somalia Monday when Al-Shabaab attacked US and Somali forces, according to the US military. Al-Shabaab attacked the forces...
Ahmad Umar
Ahmed Umar (also known as Ahmed Diriye and Abu Ubaida) was born in 1972 in Luq, Gedo, or in Kismayo, Lower Juba. Umar is the...