On Thursday, Joshua Foust published an article at PBS’s Need to Know that, though avoiding the term “constructive disengagement,” mirrors the arguments advanced by Bronwyn Bruton’s report for CFR, and those made by Fareed Zakaria in the wake of the bombings al Shabaab executed in Uganda. Though constructive disengagement is often advanced as a minor-league […]
Somali militants try piracy to fund attacks
A five-man assault team penetrated the first layer of security at Mogadishu International Airport. Two African Union soldiers and three civilians were killed.
Inside al-Shabaab’s media strategy
In Somali civil war, both sides embrace pirates
Attack on Somali civilians sparks worries of militia’s growing boldness
Somalis flee fourth day of violence in Mogadishu
Hotel Suicide Bomber Linked to al-Shabab’s Senior Leader
Somalis flee fourth day of violence in Mogadishu
Where does Somalia’s Al Shabab suicide attack leave the government?
CIA sees increased threat from al-Qaeda in Yemen
Al Shabaab push towards Somali president’s palace
Since last year’s reports of “more than twenty” Somali youths from Minnesota going missing, all presumed to have been recruited to fight in Somalia alongside the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab, several new cases involving other Somali-Americans providing assistance to or attempting to join the terrorist organization have kept the counterterrorism community on edge. Indictments, superseding indictments, […]
The Shabaab assault team stormed a hotel in a government-controlled area of Mogadishu.
13 die in Somali fighting; militia declares ‘war’
Indian jihadis in Qaida™s Somalia arm?
Three Pakistanis, two Indians, one Afghan, and one Algerian were among 10 Shabaab fighters killed during a mysterious explosion that mimicked an incident that almost killed Shabaab’s leader in May 2009.
Somalia rebels looking increasingly like Taliban
In Kenya’s capital, Somali immigrant neighborhood is incubator for jihad
Al Qaeda’s top leaders are pleased with Shabaab’s operations but do not want to draw any unnecessary attention to links between the two terror groups. Al Qaeda wants Shabaab to continue to strike at US interests in the region.
Security officials said Shabaab forces under Mohammed Said Atom have been driven from the Galgala Mountains.
U.N. Back to Somalia After 17 Years
UN to return to Somalia within two months, after 17 years
America’s deadly terror ‘pipeline’
Two indictments issued in Minnesota provide information on Shabaab’s recruiting and fundraising practices in the United States.
Just one day after a Chicago man was arrested for attempting to travel to Somalia to assist the al Qaeda-aligned terror group Shabaab, the FBI has unsealed four indictments announcing arrests and charges against more than a dozen Somali-Americans for raising funds for the group. Among those arrested are two women, Amina Farah and Hawo […]
Leaders blast US for soft stance on Somalia
Al Qaeda leaders from Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Sudan, and the United States hold top leadership positions in the Somali terror group.
UN urges Saudi Arabia to stop expelling Somalis
More troops for Somalia, but no peace to keep