A Minnesota man who joined al-Shabab in 2008 surrendered to the Somali government in November, the U.S. State Department told MPR News Monday.

The arrest of the American comes amid signs of increasing tensions within al-Shabab between Somali and foreign fighters and over whether the insurgents should stay aligned with al-Qaida or should switch allegiance to the Islamic State group.

The FBI is investigating a Minnesotan who faces federal terrorism charges to see if he was in contact with the couple involved in last week’s San Bernardino, Calif., terror attack before he turned himself in to Somali authorities. Mohamed Abdullahi...

I researched and wrote the article “The threat from ‘Minnesota men'” before the San Bernardino massacre, but the things I learned along the way may have some bearing on it. “Minnesota men” have been in contact with ISIS and sought to enlist in the...

The Somali-American refugee who investigators believe helped inspire the attacks on Garland, Texas, and San Bernardino, California, has turned himself in to authorities in Somalia, according to reports. Mohamed Hassan, also known as "Miski" on...

The FBI is investigating Mohamed Abdullahi "Miski" Hassan, a Minnesotan who faces federal terrorism charges, to see if he was in contact with the couple involved in last week's San Bernardino, Calif., terror attack before he turned himself in to...

On the lam for nearly six years, Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, an American fugitive suspected of “recruiting impressionable young men for terrorist groups including ISIS,” has surrendered to law enforcement officials in Somalia, the State Department...

Mohammed Abdullahi Hassan, a Minnesotan who left America in 2008 to join the Shabab as a teenager, is believed to have tweeted under the name Mujahid Miski, allegedly using social media to recruit jihadists and incite acts of terrorism. Hassan was...

A Minnesota man, Mohamad Abdullahi Hassan who enlisted with al-Shabab in Somalia and promoted jihadist violence online has tu,rned himself in, officials said Monday. The nonpartisan Counter Extremism Project once called Hassan “one of the most...

An American fugitive, Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, known online as “Miski,” who officials say is suspected of recruiting impressionable young men for terrorist groups including ISIS and was linked to at least one domestic terror attack in the U.S., has...