Somaliland

On This Day: Israel, UAE, Bahrain sign Abraham Accords in notable Arab normalization agreement

The US-mediated normalization deal was seen as a step toward normalization with most of its neighbors and aimed the serve as a roadmap for normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

The 2020 Abraham Accords demonstrated what American and Israeli strength and innovation can produce when both are applied with confidence.
YEMENI SOLDIERS stand guard at a military camp near the frontline with Houthis, in Marib, Yemen, November 6, 2024.

Houthis take control of Mocha, Trump promises $5,000 dividends of Republicans win midterms

Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi speaks during the unveiling of the Somaliland Mission premises in Nairobi, Kenya May 29, 2025.

Somaliland willing to send up to 2,000 troops to Gaza force, president says

Flags of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland fly alongside Israeli flags on a street in western Jerusalem on June 14, 2026; illustrative

British-Somaliland group slams UK government over Israel policy


Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces a resolution to censure Ilhan Omar for 'treasonous statements'

Censuring is one of the final forms of rebuke before expulsion which the House of Representatives can hand out to its members.

 US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ilhan Omar.

Somalia brings back previously corrupt president promising change

Faced with criticism over massive corruption, restrictions on the media, and abuses of power in his first term, which ended in 2017, Mohamud has adopted a conciliatory tone.

Women in the Somaliland, wearing the colors of the Somaliland flag, prior to parliamentary elections in 2005.

Why Israel should care about Somaliland

With the changes in the geopolitical context of the region, knitting together Israel, the UAE, Greece, Cyprus and Egypt in a network of shared interests, Somaliland could be an important region.

People buy souvenirs a day before celebrating independence day of the Somaliland region in Hargeisa in 2013