A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been captured, police and state media have said, as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against the group. Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities on Monday in the Cal Miskaad mountains, in the northeastern Puntland state, Somalia’s state news agency SONNA reported.

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against them. Read full story

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MOGADISHU - A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against them.

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Bosaso, Somalia -- A senior commander of the Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, according to police and state media. The arrest comes just two days after U.S. airstrikes targeted the leadership of ISIS in the region, amid a sustained offensive by Somali security forces.

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Senior ISIL Somalia commander captured in Puntland

A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with US air strikes and as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against them.

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In a significant breakthrough for Somalia’s counterterrorism efforts, security forces have captured a high-ranking Islamic State commander known as “Laahoor” in the rugged Cal Miskaad mountains. The arrest comes just days after U.S. airstrikes rattled ISIS positions in the region, marking a decisive phase in Puntland’s weeks-long offensive against militant groups. Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, who […]

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A senior commander of the Somalia wing of the Islamic State was captured on Monday, according to state media. This comes just two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against them. Abdi Ismail Samatar, a professor at the University of Minnesota and a senator in the Somali parliament, tells VOA’s Douglas Mpuga, the action of the US armed forces was a welcome move

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Somalia: Senior ISIS commander captured in Puntland

Mon 03 February 2025: A senior commander of Islamic State’s Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted by US air strikes and as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against the group, Reuters has reported. In the past few years, Somalia’s IS franchise has become […]

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