According to an Iraqi security source, a new ISIS leader (khalifah) has been appointed. In Syria, US forces carried out a targeted killing of ISIS’s commander in Syria and his deputy, near the Syrian-Turkish border. In Nigeria, ISIS operatives broke into Kuje Prison southwest of the capital Abuja, liberating hundreds of inmates.
The fight against terrorists in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique is taking a new shape where security threats are reported again especially in areas controlled by Mozambican troops.