President Donald Trump announced that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the global second-in-command of ISIS, was eliminated in a joint operation by US and Nigerian forces. Trump described the mission as meticulously planned and complex.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ‌Isis globally, had been eliminated in an operation conducted by US and Nigerian forces. “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 said in ‌a ‌post on Truth Social. “Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command ‌of Isis...