John Bohmer ©Stars and StripesSomalia, January 1993: A U.S. soldier directs local residents during the U.S. humanitarian mission in the African nation. Several convoys are driven by American ...

The U.S. soldier killed Thursday during a raid on al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia was the first U.S. combat death in the country since 1993, according to a Pentagon spokesman.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A U.S. service member has been killed in Somalia during an operation against the extremist group al-Shabab — the first U.S. combat death there in more than two ...

WASHINGTON — Here is a primer on U.S. involvement in Somalia. Q. What was the point of sending troops to Somalia in the first place? A: To restore order, so that hundreds of thousands of star… ...

US military now authorized to conduct offensive airstrikes in Somalia "Al-Shabaab presents a threat to Americans and American interests," U.S. Africa Command said in a statement on Friday.

UN troops in the former Yugoslavia have only Chapter Six powers, which is one reason they’ve been so helpless in the face of broken promises and renewed violence. Somalia is different. The 500 ...

The fragile calm that gave a semblance of normalcy to this ravaged city burst apart Wednesday as rampaging mobs shouted for American troops to leave, pelted U.S. and United Nations forces with ...

Beli Dogle, Somalia, January 1993: President George H.W. Bush takes a question from one of the more than 100 U.S. soldiers and Marines who gathered to meet him at an air base in central Somalia.