Somali National Army Chief, General Odowa Yusuf Rage, visited Bariire in Lower Shabelle, recently seized from Al-Shabaab ...

Somali National Army, in collaboration with Uganda People's Defence Forces, liberated strategic Bariire town in Lower ...

The operation, codenamed Operation Silent Storm, was executed by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), ...

Joint forces comprising the Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union troops, particularly from the Ugandan contingent, ...

The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) confirmed on Sunday that its troops, backed by Somali ...

Two soldiers killed and 12 wounded during operations in Lower Shabelle region, Defense Ministry says - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Bariire is the second town in the country’s lower Shabelle region to be liberated by the UPDF from the violent militant group after Sabid-Anole fell in June 2025.

Bariire becomes the seventh FOB to be handed over to the Federal Government of Somalia in the recent past with the others being Xaaji Cali, Mirtiquo, Cadale, Albao, Gherille, and Al Jazeera 1 as ...

Bariire has been a key target for Somali and AU troops. Militants have used the city as a military base from which to organize attacks they carry out in Mogadishu, and to run courts in which they ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -At least 10 people were killed on Saturday when a suicide bomber struck makeshift kiosks in the Somali capital, hitting hours after al Shabaab Islamist militants attacked two ...

After a thorough assessment of the Somali National Army-led operation near Bariire, Somalia, on Aug. 25, 2017 and the associated allegations of civilian casualties, U.S. Special Operations Command ...