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A dhow trading vessel is seized by heavily-armed pirates near the town of Eyl off the coast of Puntland, Somalia, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports, citing military authorities.
2023-12-22

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says the tens of thousands of Islamic State fighters and family members being held in Iraq and Syria must be tried or released, and calls on countries to take responsibility for their citizens and take them back if not charged.
2019-06-24

A Maltese port manager is killed at a fish market in Puntland by Al-Shabaab militants disguised as fishermen.
2019-02-4

Denmark announces the partial withdrawal of its special forces from Iraq following the collapse of ISIL in the country.
2018-05-17

A suicide blast near the National Directorate of Security headquarters in Kabul kills 10. Amaq News Agency claims ISIL is responsible for the attack.
2017-12-25

An al-Shabaab suicide car bomb kills at least 20 people in the town of Galkayo in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region.
2016-08-21

At least 51 people are reportedly killed in an attack on a shopping centre in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, and a car bombing outside an illegal casino in Miqdadiyah, east of Baghdad, with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claiming responsibility for both attacks.
2016-01-11

While testifying about the United States military’s current strategy, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Paul J. Selva warns the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) against falling into a ground fight trap with ISIL and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter cautions that increased U.S. ground presence will “Americanize” the conflict. The Daily Beast reports that both Pentagon officials “did little to assuage lawmakers’ concerns that the strategy isn’t working.’’ At the same time, former U.S. defense officials tell SASC the current approach is inadequate.
2015-12-10

CNN reports that intelligence sources suggest that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or an affiliate organisation planted explosives on the plane.
2015-11-4

Nine people have been killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland.
2015-04-20