Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. air strikes killed about a dozen members of Al Qaida’s affiliate in Somalia on April 11 and 12, the Pentagon said. The strikes targeted members of Al-Shabab in southern Somalia, who Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said posed an “imminent threat to U.S. personnel” in the region. The strikes were carried […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Kenya, a long-time target of Al-Shabab jihadists, has begun construction on a 435-mile border wall to keep the Al Qaida affiliated terror group from infiltrating from Somalia. “Whatever it is going to cost us and whatever it will take, we are going to make sure that our country is safe,” Kenyan Vice […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) reach in Africa has expanded as the spiritual leader of Al-Shabaab, in a video message, pledged his loyalty to the terror organization. In the video, Abdul Qadir Mumin, who ranks high in Al-Shabaab’s power structure, and several other of the group’s jihadists based in Somalia’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Kuwait has foiled a pirate attack against a huge oil tanker in the Gulf. Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. said one of its vessels came under attack from pirates during a voyage to Djibouti. The company said the crew of the Burgan tanker confronted and drove off the pirates without […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has again targeted an Al Qaida-aligned leader in Somalia. The Defense Department said the U.S. military launched an air strike against a senior commander of Shabab in Somali. The Pentagon said the attack was conducted by a Predator-B unmanned aerial vehicle south of Mogadishu on Jan. 31. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has killed a leading fighter of Al Qaida’s Al Shabab in Somalia. The Defense Department said a U.S. air strike killed Tahlil Abdul Shakour in Somalia on Dec. 29. The Pentagon said Abdul Shakour served as intelligence and security chief for Shabab, which also operates in neighboring […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has targeted the commander of Al Qaida’s Shabab movement in Somalia. Officials said the U.S. intelligence community tracked Shabab chief Ahmed Abdul Mohammed to a camp south of the Somali capital of Mogadishu. The officials said the U.S. military conducted an air strike on the camp on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The U.S. government has issued a sweeping ban on international passenger jets in the skies of 6 countries that pose danger to the safety of the flights. The six countries are Ukraine, Ethiopia, Iraq, Libya, North Korea and Somalia. … Five of the 6 countries listed are embroiled in civil […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Somali-based piracy has continued its decline. The United States and European Union have reported a drop in piracy operations both in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea in 2013. Officials said pirates, who still hold 49 hostages, failed to hijack any vessel off the coast of Somalia since May 2012. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The United States has renewed unmanned aerial vehicle strikes against Al Qaida in Somalia. Officials said a senior Al Qaida operative was killed in a U.S. unmanned aerial strike in southern Somalia. The officials said the strike marked the renewal of combat UAV operations against the Al Qaida-aligned Shebab movement. […]