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Nigeria says joint US strikes kill 175 ISIL fighters in country’s northeast Nigerian forces
ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northeastern Nigeria in coordination with the Nigerian government. The “additional kinetic” strikes happened on Sunday, AFRICOM said in a statement on Monday, adding that no US or Nigerian forces were harmed
fighters and ISIL’s broader network, but are not irreplaceable due to the group’s decentralised command structure. “The killing of al-Minuki will disrupt ISWAP operationally in the short term,” Alex Vines, the Africa
fighters are locked in conflict with several al-Qaeda- and ISIL (ISIS)-affiliated groups that have seized and controlled swaths of land across rural areas. The groups are also active in neighbouring Burkina Faso
killed in attacks, including Muslims and traditional worshippers. Data from ACLED, a US crisis-monitoring group, found that, out of 1,923 attacks on civilians in Nigeria between January and November 2025, the number
killed in an operation conducted by United States and Nigerian forces, President Donald Trump said. “Brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate
killings in Nigeria exclusively target Christians. Attacks on Christians have happened, including most recently on a church in Kaduna state on Easter Sunday, but Muslim communities have also been regularly targeted. The truth is that