US and Nigerian forces killed a senior commander within the ISIS militant group on Friday, President Donald Trump has mentioned.
“Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield,” Trump mentioned in a Truth Social put up late Friday ET.
The president named the goal as “Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally,” including, “He will no longer terrorize the people of Africa, or help plan operations to target Americans.”
It just isn’t the primary deadly strike Trump has ordered on alleged Islamic State militants in Nigeria, who he has accused of persecuting Christians within the West African nation.
In December, Trump said he had directed a “powerful and deadly strike against ISIS” in northwestern Nigeria, who he mentioned had been killing harmless Christians.
This is a growing story and can be up to date.