Feisal Omar
Photojournalist at Reuters
World press photo Award-winning /Photographer at Thomson Reuters Mogadishu Somalia. Email: [email protected]
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1 month ago |
azdailysun.com | Abdi Sheikh |Feisal Omar
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal OmarMOGADISHU (Reuters) -Al Shabaab gunmen killed at least seven people in an attack on Tuesday at a hotel in a central Somali town where local elders and government officials were meeting to discuss how to act against the Islamist militant group, an elder said. The al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for the attack in Beledweyne and said it had killed over 10 people.
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1 month ago |
streetinsider.com | Abdi Sheikh |Feisal Omar
1. SPY2. RKLB3. ETN4. MX5. NVDA6. ADBE7. INTC8. AAL9. FERG10. PATH Tweet Share E-mail0 sharesBy Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Al Shabaab gunmen killed at least seven people in an attack on Tuesday at a hotel in a central Somali town where local elders and government officials were meeting to discuss how to act against the Islamist militant group, an elder said. The al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for the attack in Beledweyne and said it had killed over 10 people.
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2 months ago |
sightmagazine.com.au | Feisal Omar |Abdi Sheikh |David Adams
Mogadishu, Somalia ReutersSomalia said on Thursday its army and allied clan militias have fought off coordinated raids on villages by the Islamist al-Shabaab armed group in the country’s south, killing more than 130 attackers. The al Qaeda-linked militant group has conducted a bloody insurgency in southern and central Somalia since 2007, killing thousands of people in a campaign that has been marked by deadly bombings in the capital Mogadishu.
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2 months ago |
timeslive.co.za | Feisal Omar
The Islamic State (IS) armed group attacked military bases in Somalia's northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, a military official said on Tuesday. Puntland announced a major offensive against Islamic State and a rival Islamist group, the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab, in December and claims to have since killed dozens of foreign fighters, captured several IS bases and forced a senior commander to surrender.
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2 months ago |
sightmagazine.com.au | Feisal Omar |Abdi Sheikh |David Adams
Balidhidin, Somalia ReutersForces from Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive they hope will draw increased international support, according to officials and Reuters reporters. The advances come against an IS faction that has gained in importance and was the target last week of the first air strikes of US President Donald Trump’s new administration.
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A police tow-truck carries vehicle wreckage from the scene of an explosion near the Presidential Palace, also known as Villa Somalia, in the Hamar Jajab district of Mogadishu, Somalia March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Feisal Omar https://t.co/x28x6AFyI5
Somalis perform the first Friday prayer during the blessed month of Ramadan this year, in the Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque in the capital # Magdishu March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Feisal Omar https://t.co/vrTR4MmxxZ