Tag: airstrikes
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Nigerian Army kill top ISWAP commander, Buba Danfulani
Military air strikes at the weekend decimated top commanders of the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) and 21 insurgents around Lake Tchad Tumbun area. The air interdiction, which was carried out by the air component of Operation Hadin Kai killed a top ISWAP commander, Mallam Buba Danfulani and 21 terrorists in the strike.…
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Security Council in emergency meeting on Syria airstrikes
An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council is underway over the the airstrikes launched on Syria by the U.S., the UK and France in retaliation for the alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians. UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his address at the meeting cautioned against the crisis in Syria “spiraling out of control.”…