Al-Shabaab continues to prosecute asymmetrical campaign against African Union
Approximately two months after its attack on an AMISOM base in southern Somalia, in which it claimed the killing of...
Al Shabaab
Turkey attacks Kurds; US Navy finally addresses Chinese agression; IS vies for influence over al Shabaab
Threat Information Office headlines 10-27-2015 Turkey attacks American allied Kurdish YPG forces A crucial US ally in the fight against...
Venezuela elections, al-Shabaab returns to Kenya, Assad in Moscow, Chinese espionage at NASA…
Venezuela extends state of emergency as elections loom President Nicolas Maduro has extended the state of emergency in Tachira, which...
Obama says Assad not part of Syria solution, Russia to conduct airstrikes, Saudi prince calls for coup…
President Obama at UN: Assad not part of the solution in Syria Speaking at the 70th UN General Assembly yesterday,...
Russia-Iran-Syria form Coordination Center, Cartels Seek Asian Expansion, Uganda Warns of Alshabaab threat…
Russians, Syrians, and Iranians setting up military coordination cell in Baghdad Russian, Syrian, and Iranian military commanders have set up...
Turkey funds Syrian rebels, German intel on migrants, Somali attack, Pro-Russian Ukraine rebels, US-trained Syrian rebels
TIO Headlines 9-22-15 Turkey increases funding for Al Qaeda-Linked rebels After its leadership was eliminated in an Islamic State bombing...
US Forces reorganize for IS fight, Iranian leaders denounce Nuke Deal, and Al Shabaab overruns army base…
US Forces reorganize in face of Islamic State resiliency In a rare public show of cooperation, the CIA and Joint...
Al Shabaab Determined To Advance-US, AU, and AMISON Determined To Fight Back
The Al Qaeda-linked group operating in Somalia, Al Shabaab, has unfortunately had quite an active summer. Less than two weeks...
Al Shabaab Weekend Attacks: Drive-by Shooting, Hotel Bombing
On July 25, Abdullahi Hussein Mohamud Bantu, a member of Somalia’s Parliament, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the...
Al Shabaab Leaders Targeted in US Airstrike
On July 16, a US drone strike killed over thirty members of Al Shabaab near the town of Bardhere in...
Al Shabaab Showing Signs of Resurgence in Southern and Central Somalia
Within the past week, the Al Qaeda-linked terrorist organization Al Shabaab has made several advances in the lower Shebelle region...
Soft Targets, Not Symbolism, Mark July 4th Terror Alert
The media is seizing on comments from former CIA Director Mike Morell, to raise fears of upcoming attacks over the...
Al Shabaab Attacks AMISOM Base in Leego, Somalia
On June 26, a suicide car bomber drove into the main gates of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)...
Al Shabaab Targets UAE for the First Time
On June 24, al Shabaab fighters killed a number of people in a suicide car bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia,...
Al Shabaab Targets Political Conference, Reminder of Need for Counter-Messaging
On June 18, the Somalian army foiled a suicide bomb plot in the central town of Adado. The plot was...
Al-Shabaab Attacks Kenyan Military Base
Al-Shabaab militants attacked a northeastern Kenyan military base Sunday morning, killing 2 Kenyan soldiers. 11 Al Shabaab fighters were reportedly...