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Updated · Bloomberg · May 18US Air Strikes Kill Over 20 ISIS-ISWAP Fighters in Northern Nigeria After 1 Commander Dies
9 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 18
- More than 20 ISIS/ISWAP fighters were killed in renewed US air strikes in northern Nigeria, according to Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters.
- Multiple strikes were carried out in the latest operation, which US Africa Command had earlier announced in a post on X.
- The attack followed a joint US-Nigerian operation a day earlier that Nigerian authorities said killed a senior ISIS commander.
- The back-to-back strikes underscore an ongoing campaign against Islamist militants operating in northern Nigeria.
As the US targets fighters in Nigeria, is ISIS's real power center now operating from a different African nation? As terrorists weaponize commercial drones, are traditional military tactics in Africa becoming obsolete? With a top ISIS leader gone, will Nigeria see lasting peace or a more fractured and violent insurgency?