Nigerian Troops and US Africa Command Kill Over 20 ISWAP Fighters in Coordinated Airstrike
The Defense Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that more than 20 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) were killed in a coordinated airstrike conducted jointly by the Nigerian military and the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) in the northeast. The strikes targeted the general Metele area and were triggered by intelligence reports on the movement and consolidation of terrorist elements in the region. The Nigeria ISWAP airstrike US Africa Command operation marks one of the more significant publicly confirmed joint actions between the two militaries in recent memory. The announcement was made in a statement by Maj. Gen. Samaila Uba, the Director of Defense Information, on Monday. According to the DHQ, the airstrikes specifically targeted ISIS/ISWAP fighters who had been observed regrouping in the Metele area ahead of what was presumed to be a planned offensive or resupply activity. The military described the timing as intelligence-driven, meaning the strikes were n...
