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Anonymous2 days ago

Joint U.S.-Nigerian airstrikes killed ISIS's global second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in northeastern Nigeria on May 15, 2026, followed by additional strikes that killed more than 20 ISWAP fighters. The operations mark an escalation of Washington's military footprint in West Africa, but the ISIS caliph Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi remains at large and empirical evidence raises questions about whether leadership decapitation durably weakens terrorist organizations or merely triggers succession.