Joint US-Nigeria strike eliminates top ISIS West Africa figure, Trump says
TL;DR
A U.S.-Nigerian operation killed Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, a senior ISIS West Africa Province leader aligned with IS leadership, during a night strike in the Lake Chad Basin. President Trump announced the kill, Nigerian officials described it as a highly complex precision mission with no casualties, and analysts say the move could disrupt ISWAP’s leadership while highlighting the new security partnership between the two countries amid Nigeria’s ongoing insurgency.
- U.S. and Nigerian mission kills Islamic State group leader, Trump says PBS
- US and Nigerian forces kill senior ISIS commander, Trump says CNN
- Trump says top Islamic State leader was killed in Nigeria strike The Washington Post
- Trump says Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, killed in US-Nigerian operation Fox News
- Iran-US war live: Trump claims world’s ‘most active terrorist’ has been killed The Independent
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