Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleU.S. President Donald Trump says that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, was killed in a joint operation carried out by U.S. and Nigerian forces. Trump said on Truth Social that American and Nigerian forces "flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield”, who he claimed thought he could hide in Africa. Al-Minuki, a Nigerian national, had been designated as a "specially designated global terrorist" by the Biden administration in 2023, according to the U.S. Federal Register. Trump expressed gratitude to the Nigerian government for its partnership in the operation, despite his past criticisms of Nigeria regarding its handling of Islamist militants. The U.S. has been actively supporting the Nigerian military with training and intelligence against Islamic State and al Qaeda-linked insurgencies in West Africa, with U.S. forces maintaining a strictly non-combat role. In fullTrump says ‘most active terrorist in the world’ killed by US and Nigerian forcesThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

United States President, Donald Trump, has announced that the US and Nigerian forces jointly carried out a military operation that killed a top ISIS commander identified as…

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second-in-command of ISIS globally, was eliminated by US and Nigerian forces.

President Donald Trump has announced that United States and Nigerian forces jointly carried out a military operation that killed a top ISIS commander identified as Abu-Bilal…

President Donald Trump said U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out a mission Friday night to kill a leader of the Islamic State group.

United States President Donald Trump announced the elimination of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the global second-in-command of ISIS. American and Nigerian forces conducted a complex…

According to Donald Trump, the operation to kill Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was carried out jointly by the US and the Nigerian armed forces. | World News

US President Donald Trump says American and Nigerian forces have killed the second-in-command leader of ISIS.

The president announced in a late-night Truth Social post that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was killed in Africa by American and Nigerian forces.

President Trump announced Friday evening that U.S. and Nigerian military forces had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a leader in the Islamic State group.

"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," Donald…

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, described as the global second-in-command of the Islamic State group, had been killed in a joint operation…

US President Donald Trump said Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a high-ranking member of the "Islamic State," was killed in a joint mission between US and Nigerian forces.

"[He] thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing," he says.

The US President says Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second-in-command of ISIS globally, has been eliminated in an operation conducted by US and Nigerian forces.

US president calls Abu-Bilal al-Minuki ‘most active terrorist in the world’ and says he was eliminated in ‘very complex mission’

President Donald Trump said that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was killed in an operation in which American forces partnered with Nigerian forces.

Trump announces the elimination of ISIS's second-in-command, Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, in a joint U.S.-Nigeria operation.

Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second in command of ISIS globally, has been killed in an operation conducted by US and Nigerian forces in the northeast of the

Al-Minuki, a Nigerian national, was designated as a ’specially designated global terrorist’ by former Biden administration

Trump said U.S. and Nigerian forces killed ISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in a joint counterterrorism operation in Africa.