Mogadishu, Somalia — The Somali National Army on Thursday said it had repelled a dawn attack by Al-Shabaab militants on the village of Wargadhi, located in the Masajid Ali Gaduud district of ...

Ahmed Moallim Fiqi Ahmed, who previously served as foreign minister and national security chief, was appointed defense ...

General Odowaa Yusuf Rage, the Chief of Defence Forces of the Somali National Army (SNA), who made a return recently after dismissal, has since written to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, asking for ...

says the Somali National Army (SNA) has made significant gains against the group on the frontlines. Last week, the Somali National Army retreated from Adan Yabaal town following increased Al-Shabaab ...

Al Shabaab fighters battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in central Somalia on ...

According to a security official who spoke to Anadolu over the phone on condition of anonymity, the Somali National Army, supported by local militias, engaged in fierce combat with the al-Qaeda ...

Al-Shabab fighters have battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in southern Somalia, according to the government and a military official. Capturing the base in ...

Former Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, has come to the defense of the Somali National Army (SNA) following recent withdrawals from key military positions, including the strategic ...

General Sahal Abdullahi Omar, Commander of the Somali National Army's Land Forces and a key figure in the ongoing military operation, confirmed that the militant group's attack was effectively ...

African leaders meeting in Uganda are calling for more peacekeepers for Somalia to defend against the extremist al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group that has been wreaking havoc in the Horn of ...