The Sunday strikes concluded a busy week for AFRICOM in Nigeria, after a Saturday operation killed Abu-Bilal al Minuki, ISIS’s second in command.

Nigerian Military Confirms Killing of ISIS Leader Abu Bilal al-Minuki in Joint Operation with US

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

ISIS commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was deemed a "specially designated global terrorist" by the State Department in 2023.