More than 20 people killed in clashes between security forces and Islamic State fighters in Somalia

Washington — More than 20 people were killed and more than 10 others were wounded during two days of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces in Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Tuesday. In an interview with VOA’s Somali Service, Brigadier General Mohammed Mohammed Ahmed, spokesman for Puntland security operations, said 15 Islamic State … Read more

Syria foils Islamic State attack plan on Shia shrine

Damascus, Syria – Intelligence officers from Syria’s new de facto government foiled a plan by the Islamic State group to bomb a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zainab, state media reported on Saturday. State news agency SANA cited an unnamed General Intelligence Service official as saying that members of the IS cell … Read more