US targets ISIS fighters in Nigeria with series of strikes
The U.S. military continued the intensification of its campaign against ISIS in Nigeria, carrying out another wave of strikes on Sunday.
TL;DR
- The U.S. military conducted new airstrikes against ISIS in Nigeria on Sunday.
- The strikes followed an operation that killed Abu-Bilal al Minuki, ISIS’s director of global operations.
- More than 20 ISIS fighters were killed in the Sunday strikes.
- The operations were conducted in coordination with the Nigerian government.
- AFRICOM released thermal footage of the strikes.