Donald Trump has said US and Nigerian forces have killed the Islamic State’s second-in-command in a joint operation. US Africa Command released footage of the lethal strike on Saturday, May 16. The US president said the mission targeted Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, whom he described as “the most active terrorist in the world”, in a statement posted on Truth Social on Friday. “Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield,” Trump wrote.

The Nigerian president called the strike a 'significant example of effective collaboration in the fight against terrorism'.

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.