The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed seizing control over a town in the country's Gedo region and attacking Ugandan forces within AMISOM and Somali soldiers in Lower Shabelle and Mogadishu.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed bombing Burundian (AMISOM) military vehicles twice in the same location on the same day, and also killing 10 Somali soldiers near a U.S. base in Baledogle Airfield, and ambushing Kenyan policemen in Lamu County in neighboring Kenya.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed capturing a town in Middle Shabelle following the withdrawal of Somali forces.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, published a photo report on the village and Somali National Army (SNA) base it captured therein following a raid near Kismayo.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed killing over 30 and wounding dozens of Somali forces in a dual suicide operation near Kismayo, Lower Juba, in addition to attacks in Banaadir, Bay, Lower Shabelle, and Puntland.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed killing 5 Somali soldiers in separate attacks in Qoryoley and striking an AMISOM base outside the capital, Mogadishu.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed killing and wounding over 25 Presidential Palace guards in two suicide bombings and a raid at the location in Mogadishu, in addition to waging other attacks in the capital and in Afgoye.

The Somalia-based Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed attacks in Garissa and Mandera Counties of neighboring Kenya, targeting Kenyan security forces and a location of the Safaricom telecommunications company.

In a follow-up to its prior reports on the suicide attack at the Somali Interior and Security Ministries in the capital, Mogadishu, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed killing over 34 staff members and wounding dozens of others.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed a suicide bombing and raid on the Somali Ministries of Interior and Security in the capital, Mogadishu, in addition to two other attacks in the country and a fourth in Mandera County in neighboring Kenya.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed killing an additional 23 elements from what it described as a "pro-Ethiopia" militia in Mudug, and killing two Somali soldiers at a checkpoint in Middle Shabelle.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed attacks in its home base of Somalia and in neighboring Kenya, killing 15 elements from what it described as a "pro-Ethiopia militia," and SNA and AMISOM forces in the former, and over 7 Kenyan soldiers in the latter.

The Somali-based al-Qaeda (AQ) branch, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, claimed a mortar strike on AMISOM's Janale base and bombing a Ugandan contingent in Qoryoley, in addition to attacks on Somali soldiers in Mogadishu and Afgoye.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed bombing U.S.-trained Somali Special Forces in Lower Shabelle and AMISOM and SNA forces in Middle Shabelle.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed multiple attacks on Somali National Army (SNA) forces in Mogadishu, Lower Juba, and Middle Shabelle, in a 7-day span.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed inflicting 38 casualties among Kenyan security forces in an attack in Kenya's Wajir County.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed attacks on Burundian and Djiboutian forces within the AMISOM mission and and Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers in the center and south of the country.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed that its fighters seized control over a town in Bakool following an attack on Somali National Army (SNA) barracks, and inflicted losses among Ugandan forces in the AMISOM mission when fighters stormed two military bases in Lower Shabelle.

One day after its attack killing a U.S. soldier in Bulo Gadud, a town in Somalia's Lower Juba region, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed to have caused the death of over 50 Somali soldiers in a suicide bombing in the same town.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed mounting a "fierce attack" on a joint U.S.-Somali military base near Kismayo and killing and wounding over five American soldiers.