Claim comes after military ruler Abdourahamane Tiani accused France, Benin, Ivory coast of involvement in the attack.
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US military says the strikes are in response to an ISIL ambush that killed three American personnel in Palmyra.
‘We must live, we must hope’, say returnees who were displaced for a decade from homes in Malam Fatori, Borno State.
The UK’s Ministry of Defence says an underground facility likely storing ISIL weapons was the target of the attack.
Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said that ISIL and al-Shabab are responsible fo destroying the country.
The operation follows a series of clashes and attacks linked to ISIL, which is feared to be making a resurgence.
US Central Command says military campaign follows killing of US soldiers, ‘massive strikes’ across central Syria.
At least six suspected ISIL fighters and three Turkish police officers were killed after a shootout in Turkiye.
A shootout ensues after police raid a home in northwestern Yalova province, Turkiye’s Interior Ministry says.
The US president says air strikes are against ISIL, claiming the group targets Christians.
