Al-Shabab often attacks hotels and government buildings. Al-Shabaab claimed that the home of a senior army officer also contained members of the Macawisley militia who had been wounded in the ...

Security officers patrol near the destroyed Hayat Hotel after a deadly 30-hour siege by al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu ... and carried out devastating attacks while exploiting clan divisions ...

In Somalia multiple casualties have been reported following a suicide bombing in Bardhere in the southern Gedo region. A resident told VOA Somali that a car filled with explosives was detonated at ...

11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The American fight against Al Shabab began in 2014 with a handful ... Airlines flight to the city and stayed at a hotel steps from the airport exit.

“As is the hallmark for their attacks they used a series of explosives and suicide bombing, but the Somali troops defended the base,” he added. He said Tuesday’s al-Shabab attack “failed ...