--- title: "Islamic State Can't Stop Losing" description: "Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code WARFRONTS at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/WARFRONTS Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe now: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly This video is #sponsored by Incogni. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@astrographics-ve4yq PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 02:35 A Global Network 08:34 The Counteroffensive 13:43 Heads of a Hydra References https://theconversation.com/how-the-small-autonomous-region-of-puntland-found-success-in-battling-islamic-state-in-somalia-251775 https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/01/islamic-state-release-highlights-the-foreign-fighter-nature-of-its-recent-assault-in-somalia.php https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/21/security-forces-in-somalia-confront-islamic-state-militants/ https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/07/24/somalias-state-building-project-is-in-tatters https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-july-24/ https://www.american.edu/sis/news/202050407-how-the-small-autonomous-region-of-puntland-found-success-in-battling-islamic-state-in-somalia.cfm https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/somalia-new-frontline-islamic-states-global-expansion https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/global-leader-isis-mumin-targeted-possibly-killed-us-airstrike-rcna157300 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/global-leader-isis-mumin-targeted-possibly-killed-us-airstrike-rcna157300 https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/07/us-ground-raid-captures-islamic-state-leader-in-northern-somalia.php https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-april-2/ https://www.crisisgroup.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/b201-isis-somalia0.pdf https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/puntland-offensive-deals-blow-islamic-state-somalia-2025-02-07/ https://www.counterextremism.com/blog/islamic-state-puntland-somalia https://www.brookings.edu/articles/puntlands-problems/ https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-february-21/ https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/somalia/b201-islamic-state-somalia-responding-evolving-threat https://www.btl-research.com/p/why-capturing-islamic-state-somalias https://www.insightthreatintel.com/news/capture-isil-somalia-finance-chief-abdiweli-yusuf" url: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-dku4n0j7zdw.md canonical: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-dku4n0j7zdw/ datePublished: 2025-09-20T17:00:46.000Z dateModified: 2025-09-20T17:00:46.000Z author: - name: Fronts Staff url: https://fronts.co/authors/fronts-team/ publisher: Fronts type: NewsArticle language: en access: members isAccessibleForFree: false tokens: 783 --- Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code WARFRONTS at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/WARFRONTS Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe now: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly This video is #sponsored by Incogni. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@astrographics-ve4yq PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 02:35 A Global Network 08:34 The Counteroffensive 13:43 Heads of a Hydra References https://theconversation.com/how-the-small-autonomous-region-of-puntland-found-success-in-battling-islamic-state-in-somalia-251775 https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/01/islamic-state-release-highlights-the-foreign-fighter-nature-of-its-recent-assault-in-somalia.php https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/21/security-forces-in-somalia-confront-islamic-state-militants/ https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/07/24/somalias-state-building-project-is-in-tatters https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-july-24/ https://www.american.edu/sis/news/202050407-how-the-small-autonomous-region-of-puntland-found-success-in-battling-islamic-state-in-somalia.cfm https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/somalia-new-frontline-islamic-states-global-expansion https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/global-leader-isis-mumin-targeted-possibly-killed-us-airstrike-rcna157300 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/global-leader-isis-mumin-targeted-possibly-killed-us-airstrike-rcna157300 https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/07/us-ground-raid-captures-islamic-state-leader-in-northern-somalia.php https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-april-2/ https://www.crisisgroup.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/b201-isis-somalia0.pdf https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/puntland-offensive-deals-blow-islamic-state-somalia-2025-02-07/ https://www.counterextremism.com/blog/islamic-state-puntland-somalia https://www.brookings.edu/articles/puntlands-problems/ https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-february-21/ https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/somalia/b201-islamic-state-somalia-responding-evolving-threat https://www.btl-research.com/p/why-capturing-islamic-state-somalias https://www.insightthreatintel.com/news/capture-isil-somalia-finance-chief-abdiweli-yusuf --- Full analysis is behind the paywall. 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