Al Shabaab
Al Shabaab Says It Carried Out Somalia Plane Attack
In an emailed statement, the al Qaeda affiliate said the attack was an act of revenge against ongoing Western intelligence operations in Somalia.
Video Shows Airport Workers Allegedly Handing Bomb to Suspected Somali Plane Bomber
Footage released by the government shows two employees handing over a laptop filled with explosives that officials say caused the blast aboard a Djibouti-bound plane last week.
Here's Everything We Know So Far About the Airliner in Somalia That Was Probably Bombed
At least two people were hospitalized and one man was killed after an explosion that occurred shortly after a plane left Mogadishu's international airport.
Two Reported Injured After Explosion on Airliner in Somalia
Photos showed a blown-out hole next to a passenger window near the wing of a Daallo Airlines plane in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
This Four-Year Saga Shows How the US Became the Global Cops in the War on Terror
Mahdi Hashi was just sentenced to nine years in US prison for supporting al Shabaab — but the feds admit he wasn't plotting any attacks on American soil.
Bloody Scenes at Somali Beach as Islamist Gunmen Storm Restaurant
Hundreds evacuated as al Shabaab militants attack a popular beachfront restaurant with guns and bombs, killing 17 civilians.
Somali Militants Broadcast Voices of Captured Kenyan Soldiers After Attack on Military Base
Al Shabaab claims to have taken 12 soldiers after hostage its fighters overran a military base near the Kenyan border, killing dozens and looting weapons.
Kenya College Reopens Months After Al Shabaab Attack Killed 148
Photos on social media showed lecture halls with seats full on Monday as Garissa University College’s as staff returned to campus for the first time since gunmen from the militant launched the attack in April.
Donald Trump Doesn't Give a Damn About Somali Militants Using Him for Propaganda
Trump isn’t backing down from remarks he made that were used by the militant group al Shabaab in a recruiting video aimed at would-be followers in the US.
Somali Militant Group al Shabaab Uses Donald Trump in Video to Recruit New US Followers
The al Qaeda-allied group released a propaganda film that uses footage of Trump calling for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”
Christmas Is Officially Canceled in Somalia
Somalia's Ministry of Religious Affairs has issued a ban on Christmas and New Year's celebrations in the Muslim country, reportedly ordering the country's security forces to "prevent such un-Islamic acts."
US Citizen Defects from al Shabaab as Group Contends with Competing Islamic State
The man told Reuters that he found the group's ideology "totally wrong," but al Shabaab sources told other outlets that he had recently aligned himself with the Islamic State — an offense that the al Qaeda affiliate punishes with death.