For several years, online rumors have alleged that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S. as a refugee.

On May 6, the Somali National News Agency reported that 13 members of what it described as the Khawarij militias, including ...

Senior officers of the Somali National Army held a security meeting in the southwestern city of Baidoa on Tuesday to discuss the security situation in Bay region and wider South West State, military ...

Somalian army officers say the Al Qaeda-linked militants used explosive-laden vehicles to mount an attack on the base at ...

The Somali army is training a special force skilled in asymmetrical warfare to deal with terror gang, Al- Shabaab, which has held the country under a stranglehold for ...

Conflict-weary Somalia is a federation of five semi-autonomous member states – Puntland, Jubaland, Galmudug, Hirshabelle, and South West – and a central government in the capital Mogadishu. Tensions ...

The Somali National Army (SNA) repelled an attack by al-Shabab militants on a military base in the south-central region on Sunday, the government confirmed.

Türkiye on Wednesday rejected allegations circulating on social media that Ankara is using its military presence in Somalia ...

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows activity at a street in the southern city of Baidoa, Somalia November 3, 2018. Picture taken November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo MOGADISHU, March 30 ...

This month, the Somali National Army celebrated the graduation of a further 98 soldiers from British military training in Baidoa, the capital of Southwest State in Somalia. The UK has built a training ...

Somali federal government hails Baidoa's transition, urging peace and unity amid political changes and rising tensions.

FILE - The Somalian army has been on the back foot against the jihadists . {File photo: AFP/ Hassan Ali Elmi] MOGADISHU, Somalia - Despite billions of dollars in international support, Somalia’s army ...