File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo said I warmly congratulate Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on regaining a strong mandate from the people of Ethiopia. Somalia will continue to work with his government to further strengthen our bilateral relations to benefit our two people and wider region. ”I wish you great success, Mr.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi visits journalist Ali al-Mikdam in hospital in Baghdad (IraqiPMO) By Alex MacDonald An Iraqi activist and journalist who went missing on Friday evening in Baghdad was found on Saturday evening with visible signs of abuse on his body and taken to hospital. Ali al-Mikdam, a prominent voice in the anti-government

HISAR A+ delivered with all elements, HISAR O+ at mass production stage, says official Turkey’s HISAR A+ air defense missile system has been delivered with all elements and the HISAR O+ system has reached the stage of mass production, a top official announced on Saturday. Ismail Demir, head of Turkey’s Defense Industries Authority, gave an

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at the House of Peoples Representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 30, 2020. AFP The party has swept almost all seats in the Oromia region, where it didn’t have competition after leading Oromo opposition political parties boycotted the election. Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party, led by Prime Minister Abiy

By Esref Musa and Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu Document shows Assad regime’s involvement in mass murder of thousands in Abdul Qader Al-Shaqfa Hospital in al-Waer district The Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) unveiled new documents on Saturday, proving the Assad regime’s involvement in war crimes against civilians in a hospital in the city of Homs. Speaking at

A view of the Britain’s Royal Navy patrol ship OPV “Trent” in the Black Sea, Thursday late, July 8, 2021 during Sea Breeze 2021 maneuvers. Ukraine and NATO have conducted Black Sea drills involving dozens of warships in a two-week show of their strong defense ties and capability following a confrontation between Russia’s military forces

File – In this June 21, 2020, file photo, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Cairo, Egypt. Shukry said Wednesday, July 7, 2021, he will urge the U.N. Security Council to require Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to negotiate a binding agreement within six months

File Photo/Somali Times By Michael Horton Trump’s instincts to withdraw them from the country were right. Now the Pentagon seems to be reverting back to old, failed strategies. At the beginning of this year, President Trump ordered roughly 800 U.S. soldiers to withdraw from Somalia as part of a larger effort by his administration to

Photo/Somali Times By Scott Horton Freedom Works This essay is adapted from Antiwar.com editorial director Scott Horton’s new book, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism. The name “Somalia” has somehow become a slur against Americans who prioritize political liberty. “Oh, you think freedom works, huh? Well, why don’t you just move to

File Photo/Somali Times/ Somalia seizes fishing vessel of Qandala coast. BY DAVID KLEIN Once the most pirate-infested region on the planet, the waters off the coast of Somalia are now home to a different maritime crime – illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, according to a new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized