Hammami moved from Alabama to Somalia and joined al-Shabab in about 2006. He fought alongside al-Sh…

Islamist violence is a rising concern for both policymakers and general populations in Africa and o…

In fighting that lasted several hours, the militants successfully infiltrated the Manda Bay, Kenya,…

Al-Shabab, Arabic for "The Youth," is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization based in Somalia. Th…

Somalia did not go so smoothly. Members of the Navy's elite SEAL Team 6 were repelled in their atte…

The attack, which left at least 7 dead and 25 wounded, has been claimed by the Al Shabab terror gro…

Kenya's northern and eastern regions, which are near the Somali border, have suffered many attacks …

Al-Shabaab, a Somali-based al-Qaeda affiliate, attacked the airbase with "indirect and small arms f…

In his book, he details getting ready for deployment in Norfolk, Va., when he asks a more experienc…

The AUMF was passed shortly after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, authorizing the US milita…

Arabic-language Twitter account that journalists have used to communicate with the Somali al Qaeda …

One man, 19-year-old Hamza Ahmed, was stopped at a New York City airport in November as he and thre…

"In one sense it seemed kind of abandoned, the music that plays in a shopping mall, that typical ki…

When asked of his security situation in the interview, he said, "Definitely we don't have enough [f…

His administration also expanded the drone war: There have been 326 drone strikes in Pakistan, 93 i…

After it took over much of Somalia in 2010 and 2011, the group banned soccer playing on Mogadishu's…

Amnesty conducted more than 150 interviews with "eyewitnesses, relatives, persons displaced by the …

Immediately following the attack, security personnel speculated if Samantha Lewthewaite was involve…

Thomas Hegghammer, director of terrorism research at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, …

ISIS has been fighting to gain control of the oil-rich Cabo Delgado province, but some have died af…