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Nigeria and the United States person carried retired caller strikes against Islamic State jihadists successful northeast Nigeria, the U.S. subject said connected Monday (May 18, 2026).
The strikes were conducted connected Sunday (May 17, 2026), "Intelligence confirmed the targets were Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants. Complete assessments are ongoing. No U.S. oregon Nigerian forces were harmed," U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said successful a statement.
The caller strikes came 2 days aft the United States and Nigeria announced that a associated cognition successful the westbound African state killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, an Islamic State (IS) person described arsenic the group's second-in-command worldwide who has been nether U.S. sanctions since 2023.
Northern Nigeria has faced the treble menace of attacks from jihadist groups allied to IS and from transgression gangs that stalk villages and transportation retired wide kidnappings.
The insecurity had drawn disapproval from U.S. President Donald Trump who said Nigeria's Christians were being persecuted. The Nigerian authorities has rejected the claim, insisting that Christians and Muslims were arsenic the victims of the violence.
