{"id":650299,"date":"2026-05-18T12:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/650299\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:32:09","slug":"us-nigeria-carry-out-more-strikes-on-is-at-least-20-militants-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/650299\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Nigeria carry out more strikes on IS, at least 20 militants dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The US \u2060Africa Command (Africom) said on Monday \u2060it had carried out additional air strikes against Islamic State targets in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, in coordination with the Nigerian government, as joint operations against militant groups intensify.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Nigeria\u2019s \u200cDefence Headquarters said the latest strikes were conducted in the Metele area of Borno State, following intelligence that fighters had converged there.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Multiple air strikes killed more than 20 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants, according to a statement.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Africom said no US or \u2060Nigerian personnel were harmed in the operation.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The strikes came a day after \u200ca joint US-Nigerian mission that killed Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, described by both governments as the second in command of \u200cIslamic State globally.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said Nigerian forces are working closely with the US military to tackle IS militants. File photo: AP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/919b8596-46ec-4b08-85ac-6edb9a612b1c_4479a4b2.jpg\" title=\"Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said Nigerian forces are working closely with the US military to tackle IS militants. File photo: AP\"\/>Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said Nigerian forces are working closely with the US military to tackle IS militants. File photo: AP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">US President Donald Trump and Nigerian President \u2060Bola Ahmed Tinubu \u2060confirmed the development, describing it as a major setback for the militant group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US \u2060Africa Command (Africom) said on Monday \u2060it had carried out additional air strikes against Islamic State&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[280602,280601,23,119960,121626,280599,12,193251,280603,280597,3,5998,280598,21,19,22,20,25,280600,280604,24],"class_list":["post-650299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-abu-bilal-al-minuki","tag-africom","tag-america","tag-boko-haram","tag-bola-ahmed-tinubu","tag-borno-state","tag-donald-trump","tag-islamic-state","tag-islamic-state-west-africa-province","tag-metele","tag-news","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-africa-command","tag-us-nigerian","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}