A mortar shell explosion in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region has killed more than 20 mostly children and young people and injured more than 50, according to media reports.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the mortar attack, but al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group al-Shabaab claimed similar attacks in the past. Somalia has been plagued by insecurity for years, ...

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Several people have been reported killed in a suicide bombing at an army recruitment center in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The attacker on Sunday targeted a queue of young ...

Addis Ababa, April 6, 2025 (ENA) -- The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) revealed that Al Shabaab militants fired several mortar bombs into its Base Camp in ...

The blast from firing a 120-millimeter mortar officially measures at 2.5 PSI. But the guidelines do not take account of whether a soldier is exposed to a single blast or to a thousand.

At least 32 civilians have been killed and 63 others injured in a suicide bomb attack on a beach hotel in Somalia. The explosion, which was followed by gunfire, happened in a popular area of the ...

4 Ukrainians held in Somalia. They were among 9 on helicopter in emergency landing. January 14, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. by TOM ODULA The Associated Press ...

U.S. Coalition Forces fire an M120 mortar round targeting a known ISIS location in southeast Syria, September 10, 2018. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Matthew Crane) ...

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Mogadishu, Somalia – A suicide bomber in the Somali capital on Sunday targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least 13 and wounding 21 others, witnesses said. ...

A group of people look at the destruction after a blast in Mogadishu, Somalia on July 15, 2024. Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP - Getty Images. July 14, 2024, 9:10 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press.