Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

After Turkey almost entirely liberated al-Bab in northern Syria from Daesh terrorists, top U.S. general, Joseph Dunford, will visit Turkey on Friday to discuss a common anti-Daesh strategy. The two countries have had major disagreements over U.S. support to PKK-linked terror groups in Syria Ankara and Washington have signaled enhanced cooperation in the fight against […]

Halima Aden Via @kinglimma Instagram  The Somali-American model walked in Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 5 show in a hijab and a floor-length fur coat. Halima Aden, 19, wowed social media users after images were released of the beauty walking in Kanye West’s highly anticipated Yeezy Season 5 show. Here’s what to know about the budding fashion star […]

On Thursday, Somalis took to the streets of Mogadishu to celebrate the election of new president Abdullahi Mohamed nicknamed “Farmajo” (Italian for Cheese). The controversial election process has finally led to the defeated of the incumbent, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the first internationally accepted president of war-torn Somalia by a man who is perhaps one of […]

Three persons were killed and four others were injured on Thursday when mortar shells landed at a residential area bordering the presidential villa in Mogadishu. “We can confirm that three persons have been killed among them two children. “Four others were injured when mortar shells landed at Warta Nabadda near Villa Somalia,’’ police officer Abdullahi […]

   More than 46,000 people who fled Iraq’s Mosul as fighting raged have returned to the eastern part of the city over the past two weeks in an attempt to restart their lives. US-backed Iraqi government forces say they have now taken a quarter of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, though […]

Somalia government has announced that it will suspend flights to Mogadishu next Wednesday when the new president will be sworn in. The Transport and Civil Aviation ministry, in a statement on Wednesday, said commercial flights will not be allowed to and from Aden Adde International Airport on February 22, the inauguration day. “The only exception […]

US President Donald Trump (R) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, US, Feb 15, 2017 (Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) “The United States will encourage a peace and really a great peace deal,” Trump said during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We […]

An United Arab Emirates navy ship docks at a naval base in Fujairah on the east coast of the country (File Photo: AFP/WAM) Somalia’s breakaway northern territory of Somaliland has said the UAE can establish a military base in its territory. The UAE government in January submitted a formal application seeking permission from the Somaliland […]

Mogadishu, 16 February 2017 – Somalia is destined for a brighter future following the successful conclusion of the 2016 electoral process, the Special Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia Ambassador Francisco Madeira has said. Ambassador Madeira said he witnessed the exercise in various voting centres, in different parts of the country, […]

  A handout picture released on February 15, 2017 by Norfolk museums service shows curators posing by a giant Tricolour flag at St Andrew’s Hall in Norwich in October 2016. (AFP) French flag the size of a tennis court, captured by the British in 1800, will be unfurled at a British castle this year in […]