{"id":126012,"date":"2026-05-16T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=126012"},"modified":"2026-05-16T18:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:26:31","slug":"trump-says-isis-second-in-command-abu-bilal-al-minuki-eliminated-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/126012\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says ISIS second-in-command Abu Bilal al-Minuki eliminated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Web desk(National Times)- 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTonight, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also thanked the Nigerian government for its partnership in the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria had earlier come under scrutiny from Trump who had said that Christians there were being persecuted, which the African nation\u2019s government denies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US had struck what it said were militant bases in northwestern Nigeria on Christmas Day last year, following Trump\u2019s accusations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Nigeria\u2019s President Bola Tinubu and the west African country\u2019s military confirmed al-Minuki\u2019s killing in Nigeria in a joint operation with US forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur determined Nigerian Armed Forces, working closely with the Armed Forces of the United States, conducted a daring joint operation that dealt a heavy blow to the ranks of the Islamic State,\u201d Tinubu said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigerian defence forces said Abu Bilal al-Minuki was a \u201csenior ISIS leader and one of the world\u2019s most active terrorists\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web desk(National Times)- 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. \u201cTonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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