Lagos, July 3, 2026 (AFP) - US says pulls some troops from Nigeria after anti-IS operation

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2026-07-03

The United States has pulled out most of the troops deployed to Nigeria for a special operation against fighters of the Islamic State group in the country's northeast, the American military said. In May, US and Nigerian forces in the Lake Chad region of Nigeria killed nearly 200 Islamic State fighters, including the jihadist group's global second-in-command. "We have withdrawn much of our forces that were just there for that operation," US Africa......

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