US and Nigerian Forces Kill ISIS Second-in-Command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki

🎖️ SAHEL — A Caliphate succession kill while CENTCOM's eyes are fixed on Hormuz. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Eliminating ISIS's #2 in Africa signals US special operations capacity is running parallel tracks — Gulf crisis and Sahel counterterrorism simultaneously. For Nigeria and West African partners, it's a rare joint-op headline. But the timing matters: it shows Washington is managing bandwidth, not ceding it. Tehran watches US force projection extend beyond the Gulf.