Nigeria, Islamic State
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The U.S. airstrikes came days after an operation that killed the group’s second in command.
Trump said Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was second in command of ISIS globally and referred to him as the “most active terrorist in the world,” in a Truth Social post.
U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Officials say militants with the Islamic State group attacked a village overnight in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 29 people.
Militants with the Islamic State group attacked a village overnight in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 29 people, authorities said Monday. It was the latest violence in Africa’s most populous country,