Nigeria — Nigerian Armed Forces & Islamic State

Nigeria — Nigerian Armed Forces: The Nigeria — Nigerian Armed Forces, in coordination with United States — United States Africa Command, conducted airstrikes that eliminated over 20 ISIS/ISWAP militants, reinforcing their commitment to national security.

Islamic State: The Islamic State (ISIS/ISWAP) suffered significant casualties from coordinated airstrikes, weakening their operational capacity and denying them safe havens.

Nigeria — Nigerian Armed Forces: The Nigerian military receives U.S. training and intelligence, enhancing its capacity to combat terrorism.

Islamic State: ISIS faces continued military pressure in the Chad Basin region, with its leader killed in a joint operation.

Nigeria — Nigerian Armed Forces: Military is overstretched and may be deployed to respond, with recent rescue operations.

Islamic State: Nigeria — Lakurawa is linked to ISSP, which may face increased international scrutiny and military action.

Nigeria — Nigerian Armed Forces: Conducted rescue operation; suffered casualties but succeeded.

Islamic State: Islamic State is referenced by Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim in the context of military gains against insurgent groups, but he cautioned against overreliance on isolated successes.

Nigeria — Nigerian Armed Forces: Iraqi forces have shot down drones over Irbil and are involved in security operations.

Islamic State: IS is mentioned as a target of US training missions in Iraq, not directly involved in current conflict.