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Somali women and security forces search through the damage caused at the scene of a blast near the Mogadishu sea port in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Two Kenya Bombings Kill Eight Policemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2017 | World

Eight police officers were killed Wednesday when their vehicles hit roadside bombs in two separate incidents in Kenya’s restive northeast close to the Somali border. The first explosion claimed three lives early Wednesday morning while the second killed five...

Suicide bomber kills 16 in Somali cafe attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 19, 2013 | World

Mogadishu, Reuters—A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people on Saturday in an attack on a cafe in a Somali town close to the Ethiopian border frequented by local and foreign soldiers fighting Al-Qaeda linked rebels. Al-Shabab said it had carried out the bombing, in...

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Security agents stand guard at the gates of the office housing the Turkish embassy staff following a suicide car bomb attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, July 27, 2013. (REUTERS/Feisal Omar.)

Opinion: Who’s that knocking on Turkey’s door in Somalia?

by Samir Salha | Aug 7, 2013 | Opinion

Had the latest attack that targeted the Turkish embassy in the Somali capital of Mogadishu achieved its desired damage, losses would have been far higher than they were. The vigilance of the guards, who killed some of the attackers before they could detonate their...