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This picture taken on September 1, 2016, in Nairobi shows a computer screen displaying the portrait of Somali-born cleric Abdulqadir Mumin. SIMON MAINA / AFP

U.S. Designates ISIS Chief in Somalia as Terrorist

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 3, 2016 | World

Nairobi-Abdulqadir Mumin, a middle-aged Somali-born cleric with a bright orange beard was this week put on a U.S. terror list, accused of heading ISIS in East Africa. Here’s what we know about the man, and the threat he poses. Mumin was born in the...

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Death Toll From Terrorist Attack in Mogadishu Rises to 15

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 1, 2016 | World

Somali police yesterday announced that the death toll from a car bomb blast that targeted a hotel close to the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday has risen. Fifteen people were killed in the attack and 45 others were wounded. The Minister of...

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Al-Shabab Carries Out a Bloody Attack on a Hotel in Mogadishu

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 31, 2016 | World

At least five people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack that targeted a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu near the presidential palace yesterday. Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the attack. A Somali policeman named Mohammed Abdel-Qader...

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Somalia: Security Forces Kill Al-Shabab Gunmen Who Attacked a Seaside Restaurant

by Khalid Mahmoud | Aug 27, 2016 | World

Somali authorities announced that they killed a group of members of the militant Islamist group Al-Shabab on Thursday evening after an attack that the group carried out on a seaside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu which resulted in the deaths of ten people....

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A wounded man is helped by a medic inside an ambulance following an attack at American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Riyadh Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Somalia, Afghanistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 27, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah-Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that took place at a restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, and the American University in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, which have left dozens dead and injured. An official source at the Foreign...