{"id":764,"date":"2026-01-19T10:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peakintech.com\/hornfrequency\/?p=764"},"modified":"2026-03-07T10:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:31:41","slug":"ethiopian-nationals-among-majority-of-isis-suspects-detained-in-puntland-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/ethiopian-nationals-among-majority-of-isis-suspects-detained-in-puntland-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Nationals Among Majority of ISIS Suspects Detained in Puntland Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"764\" class=\"elementor elementor-764\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66559fbf e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66559fbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44c201b elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"44c201b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">[rstr_selector]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71937421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71937421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Addis Ababa<\/strong>; Puntland security forces, in a joint operation with the United Arab Emirates and the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), have carried out a military offensive against Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in the mountainous Al Miskaad area of Puntland, Somalia, authorities said.<\/p><p>According to Puntland authorities, the operation resulted in significant losses for the militant group, with more than 50 suspected ISIS members captured.<\/p><p>Puntland\u2019s Counter-Terrorism Operations command said that more than half of those detained are Ethiopian nationals, while others were identified as nationals of Yemen, Tanzania, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Syria. The command publicly thanked the UAE and AFRICOM for supporting Puntland security forces during the operation.<\/p><p>The Al Miskaad mountain range has long been considered a stronghold for both Islamic State in Somalia (ISIS) and Al-Shabaab militants.<\/p><p>In 2024, Puntland launched a major campaign known as \u201cOperation Arrow\u201d against Islamic State fighters in the Bari region. Officials said the latest operation is the largest since that campaign and represents a continuation of efforts to dismantle militant networks in the area.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[rstr_selector] Addis Ababa; Puntland security forces, in a joint operation with the United Arab Emirates and the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), have carried out a military offensive against Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in the mountainous Al Miskaad area of Puntland, Somalia, authorities said. According to Puntland authorities, the operation resulted in significant losses for the militant group, with more than 50 suspected ISIS members captured. Puntland\u2019s Counter-Terrorism Operations command said that more than half of those detained are Ethiopian nationals, while others were identified as nationals of Yemen, Tanzania, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Syria. The command publicly thanked the UAE and AFRICOM for supporting Puntland security forces during the operation. The Al Miskaad mountain range has long been considered a stronghold for both Islamic State in Somalia (ISIS) and Al-Shabaab militants. In 2024, Puntland launched a major campaign known as \u201cOperation Arrow\u201d against Islamic State fighters in the Bari region. Officials said the latest operation is the largest since that campaign and represents a continuation of efforts to dismantle militant networks in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[10,17,19],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-business-insights","tag-science-discoveries","tag-technology-trends"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":773,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions\/773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}