Somali troops defeat suicide attack on Mogadishu port
A Shabaab suicide bomber hijacked a fuel truck and entered the seaport, but was stopped before he could detonate his bomb.
Tag Archives: Shabaab
Is ‘constructive disengagement’ the solution in Somalia?
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 […]
Somalia
Somali militants try piracy to fund attacks
African Union troops repel Shabaab suicide assault on Mogadishu airport
A five-man assault team penetrated the first layer of security at Mogadishu International Airport. Two African Union soldiers and three civilians were killed.
Shabaab
Inside al-Shabaab’s media strategy
Somalia
In Somali civil war, both sides embrace pirates
Al Qaeda
Attack on Somali civilians sparks worries of militia’s growing boldness
Somalia
Somalis flee fourth day of violence in Mogadishu
Somalia
Hotel Suicide Bomber Linked to al-Shabab’s Senior Leader
Somalia
Somalis flee fourth day of violence in Mogadishu
Shabaab
Where does Somalia’s Al Shabab suicide attack leave the government?
Al Qaeda in Iraq
CIA sees increased threat from al-Qaeda in Yemen
Somalia
Al Shabaab push towards Somali president’s palace
Shabaab: from Mogadishu to Minnesota
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, […]
Shabaab fighters kill 28, including 6 lawmakers, in suicide assault in Mogadishu
The Shabaab assault team stormed a hotel in a government-controlled area of Mogadishu.
Somalia
13 die in Somali fighting; militia declares ‘war’
Al Qaeda
Indian jihadis in Qaida™s Somalia arm?
7 foreign Shabaab fighters killed in explosion in Mogadishu
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.
Al Qaeda
Somalia rebels looking increasingly like Taliban
Al Qaeda
In Kenya’s capital, Somali immigrant neighborhood is incubator for jihad
Al Qaeda advises Shabaab to keep low profile on links, attack US interests
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.
Puntland forces claim victory against Shabaab in the ‘Tora Bora of East Africa’
Security officials said Shabaab forces under Mohammed Said Atom have been driven from the Galgala Mountains.
Somalia
U.N. Back to Somalia After 17 Years
United Nations
UN to return to Somalia within two months, after 17 years
Al Qaeda
America’s deadly terror ‘pipeline’
New indictments unsealed in al Shabaab investigation
Two indictments issued in Minnesota provide information on Shabaab’s recruiting and fundraising practices in the United States.
US indicts 14 people for supporting Shabaab
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 […]
Somalia
Leaders blast US for soft stance on Somalia
Al Qaeda leaders play significant role in Shabaab
Al Qaeda leaders from Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Sudan, and the United States hold top leadership positions in the Somali terror group.
Saudi Arabia
UN urges Saudi Arabia to stop expelling Somalis