The US and Nigeria’s joint operation against ISIS continued with more lethal strikes on Sunday, killing several ISIS militants in Northeastern Nigeria.
Footage from the May 17 strike shows at least three ISIS fighters getting smoked in a missile strike.
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US Africa Command wrote in a statement,
On May 17, 2026, U.S. Africa Command, in coordination with the Government of Nigeria, conducted additional kinetic strikes against ISIS in Northeastern Nigeria.
Intelligence confirmed the targets were ISIS militants. Complete assessments are ongoing. No U.S. or Nigerian forces were harmed.
The removal of these terrorists diminishes the group’s capacity to plan attacks that threaten the safety and security of the U.S. and our partners.
AFRICOM remains committed to leveraging specialized U.S. capabilities in support of our partners to defeat shared security threats.
This comes after Trump announced on Friday night that U.S. special operations forces and Nigerian troops executed a raid that killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command of ISIS worldwide, in Africa.
Trump described the mission as a “very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield.”
“Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing. He will no longer terrorize the people of Africa, or help plan operations to target Americans,” Trump added.
“Multiple terrorists, to include Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the director of global operations for ISIS, as well as other senior ISIS leaders, were killed during this operation,” US Africom said in a statement.
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