Tag: Sambisa Forest

Borno: Military airstrikes kill 18 top terrorist commanders in Sambisa forest

Aminu Imam
Borno military kill terrorist commanders

The Nigerian military says airstrikes conducted by the Air Component of ‘Operation HaÉ—in-Kai‘ have eliminated several high-ranking terrorist commanders in Sambisa Forest, in Borno State. According to military authorities, the precision strike targeted terrorist enclaves in the forest on March 2, following intelligence indicating the presence of senior leaders of Boko Haram and allied insurgent factions. Among those reportedly killed in the air assault were terrorist commanders identified as Saddam, Saleh Garin-Kago and Ba-Alayi Benbem, along with another fighter, Hussaini Ubaida. A battle damage assessment conducted after the operation indicated…

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US resumes Sambisa Forest’s surveillance after Sokoto airstrikes

Aminu Imam
US resumes

The United States (US) resumed intelligence and surveillance operations in Nigeria yesterday, following late Thursday’s strikes on ISIS terrorists in Sokoto. A report by Brant Philip, a Sahel-focused terrorism tracker, shared flight tracking data that showed the aircraft flying over Borno state. The aircraft was a Gulfstream-V, a long-range business jet often modified for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, according to the data. Philip said Saturday’s intelligence operations focused on the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the ISIS affiliate in Nigeria, which operates primarily in the north-east and Lake…

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