Nigeria: US pulls some troops after anti-IS operation
Key takeaways
- The United States has withdrawn most of the forces it deployed for a recent operation against "Islamic State" militants in northeastern Nigeria, but it is continuing to provide intelligence support at Abuja's request.
- "But [we] are continuing the partnership that Nigeria has asked for to help continue with the intelligence sharing and the understanding that's necessary to be able to prosecute these difficult tasks," he said.
- In May, US and Nigerian forces killed nearly 200 IS fighters in the Lake Chad region in the northeast of the country.
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The United States has withdrawn most of the forces it deployed for a recent operation against "Islamic State" militants in northeastern Nigeria, but it is continuing to provide intelligence support at Abuja's request.
https://p.dw.com/p/5GXhc US troops were deployed alongside Nigerian forces (pictured) in an operation against IS fighters Image: Joris Bolomey/AFP/Getty Images Advertisement The United States has withdrawn most of the troops deployed to Nigeria for a special operation against "Islamic State" (IS) fighters in May, the US military has confirmed, but it continues to share intelligence with Nigerian forces.
"We have withdrawn much of our forces that were just there for that operation," said General Dagvin Anderson of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), speaking at a conference of African defense chiefs in Luanda, Angola, on Thursday.