Somali National Army (SNA) forces recently captured the strategic town of Bariire in Lower Shabelle, unveiling a cache of advanced weapons and military equipment previously unknown in the hands of ...

The Somali government announced on Sunday the killing of several senior Al-Shabaab leaders in a series of coordinated air and ground operations in the Bariire area and surrounding villages in the ...

Somali National Army, in collaboration with Uganda People's Defence Forces, liberated strategic Bariire town in Lower ...

The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) strongly refutes media reports alleging heavy ...

The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) confirmed on Sunday that its troops, backed by Somali ...

After a thorough assessment of the Somali National Army-led operation near Bariire, Somalia, on Aug. 25, 2017 and the associated allegations of civilian casualties, U.S. Special Operations Command ...

Bariire has been a key target for Somali and AU troops. Militants have used the city as a military base from which to organize attacks they carry out in Mogadishu, and to run courts in which they ...

"We overran Bariire base, burnt three military vehicles and took two vehicles," Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman for military operations, told Reuters, referring to a brief occupation of ...

Bariire, 55 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, was captured by Somali government and AMISOM forces last Saturday from al-Shabab.

The Bariire operation is likely to provoke questions in Washington about the growing U.S. footprint in the Horn of Africa nation, which has been torn apart by civil war since 1991.

AMISOM and Somali forces captured the town in mid-August, but Al-Shabab retook control of Bariire on Saturday, the same day that the truck bombs detonated in Mogadishu, the New York Times reported.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -At least 10 people were killed on Saturday when a suicide bomber struck makeshift kiosks in the Somali capital, hitting hours after al Shabaab Islamist militants attacked two ...