Somalia

Beltway Confidential

Facing China’s Uyghur genocide at the UN, money talks and Islam walks

Tom Rogan · October 6, 2022 8:30 pm

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Viper Company, 1-26 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), with the East Africa Response Force (EARF), prepare for night vision training at Grand Bara, Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2018. The purpose of the EARF is to rapidly provide tailorable packages of forces to protect American interests on the African continent should any threats arise.

US military says it killed al Shabab leader in Somali strike

Mike Brest · October 3, 2022 3:59 pm

U.S. service members walking to their post in Somalia Jan. 29, 2021. AFRICOM forces continue to train, advise and support Somali and other East African partners in their fight against violent extremism.

US military killed 27 al Shabab terrorists and no civilians in Somali strike

Mike Brest · September 21, 2022 4:19 pm

People fleeing from drought in the Lower and Middle Shabelle regions of Somalia carry their belongings as they reach a makeshift camp for displaced persons in the Daynile neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu.

Beltway Confidential

US media do Somalis a disservice by blaming climate change for famine

Michael Rubin · September 13, 2022 10:20 am

FBI Most Wanted Terrorist poster for Saif al-Adel, an al-Qaeda leader who may take over the terrorist organization following a U.S. airstrike which killed Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul, Afghanistan.

National Security

America’s new Most Wanted: Terrorist with key role in Black Hawk Down may be al Qaeda leader

Jerry Dunleavy · August 2, 2022 4:30 pm

FILE - Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 30, 2021.

WATCH: Ilhan Omar booed at Somali music event in Minnesota

Julia Johnson · July 4, 2022 3:56 pm

Ilhan Omar: Gun violence in Minnesota worse than Somali refugee camp

Ryan King · July 2, 2022 1:17 pm

Russian missile strike hits residential apartment building in Ukraine

Reporter’s Notebook: What is happening with the war in Ukraine?

Washington Examiner Staff · May 31, 2022 10:45 am

Reporter’s Notebook: Biden administration’s latest defense decisions

Washington Examiner Staff · May 23, 2022 2:43 pm

A U.S. soldier stands at the site where a suicide bombers have attacked a police compound in Surobi district of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Afghan officials said suicide bombers have attacked a police compound in a mountainous area near the capital, Kabul. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Biden redeployed troops to Somalia. Could Afghanistan someday be next?

Mike Brest · May 23, 2022 9:40 am

White House Report Card: Zogby declares ‘worst week,’ D-

Paul Bedard · May 21, 2022 12:16 pm

Biden is right to send troops to Somalia, but political progress is needed

Biden is right to send troops to Somalia, but political progress is needed

Katherine Zimmerman · May 17, 2022 12:00 am