The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed a car bombing on a joint U.S.-Somali military convoy near Afgoye, in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, and reported its taking control over a large swath of Bal'ad, a city in Middle Shabelle.

Two days after it reported to have killed three American soldiers in an attack on Baledogle Airfield, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement elaborated upon its motivations for the strike, and among other reports, claimed killing and wounding 17 Djiboutian forces in a single operation, in Jalalaqsi.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed shelling an American base inside Baledogle Airfield in Lower Shabelle, killing three U.S. soldiers and five Somali Special Forces, and took credit for attacks on Somali soldiers elsewhere in the region.

The Islamic State's (IS) al-Naba newspaper featured an infographic identifying 197 casualties in 79 attacks, in a statistical breakdown of IS operations for the week of February 7-13, 2019.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed credit for the assassination attempt in Mogadishu on an MP of the South West State of Somalia, and destroying a post of the telecommunications company Safaricom in Garissa County, in neighboring Kenya.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement accused the U.S. of bombing a residential area in revenge for its failed raid in Lower Shabelle, and claimed that such disregard for civilians only strengthens the jihadi call.

During its operations concentrated in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed thwarting a joint raid by U.S. Special Forces and Somali troops.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement released the second episode in a video series documenting the assassinations and bombings executed by its "Muhammad bin Maslama Battalion," including a blast on an American vehicle in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region.

Al-Qaeda (AQ) condemned the historic papal mass in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, considering it a manifestation of of the shame into which leaders plunged Muslims, and called on Muslims in the entire Arabian Peninsula to embrace jihad and seek help from and lend support to AQAP and the Shabaab in Somalia.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed seven attacks in a five-day period, one of them a bombing in which a brigade commander was killed, while its media unit noted an overall escalation in strikes on Somali and AMISOM forces.

The Islamic State's (IS) al-Naba newspaper featured an infographic identifying 191 casualties in 74 attacks, in a statistical breakdown of IS operations for the week of January 31 - February 6, 2019.

Following its assassination of a UAE-based DP World executive in the Port of Bosaso, Somalia, officials for the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement justified the act and encouraged Somalis to follow its example, and also threatened oil companies ahead of the upcoming London conference.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed killing a UAE-based DP World executive in the Port of Bosaso, Somalia.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed credit for the assassination of a manager for the UAE-based DP World Company in the port city of Bosaso, and blast in Mogadishu's Hamar Weyne district, targeting security officials.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed a suicide bombing on Ethiopian forces in Gedo region, and inflicting 25 casualties among Kenyan troops in two blasts in Lower Juba.

The Islamic State's (IS) al-Naba newspaper featured an infographic identifying 363 casualties in 69 attacks, in a statistical breakdown of IS operations for the week of January 24-30, 2019.

While the Islamic State's (IS) al-Hayat Media Center broke its streak of consistent releases of weekly statistical breakdown videos on group operations, the IS' al-Naba featured the data in an infographic, identifying 231 casualties in 68 attacks between January 17-23, 2019.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed credit for the car bombing in the capital, Mogadishu, which took place at a gas station in front of the Somali Ministry of Petroleum.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement published photos of war spoils in captured in two operations, including the January 19, 2019, raid on Somali bases in Bar Sanjuni, and claimed inflicting 16 casualties among Djiboutian forces.

Al-Qaeda Central issued a statement lauding its branches in Mali and Somalia, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) and the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, respectively, for their operations carried out in the name of "Jerusalem Will Never Be Judaized".