Nigerian military wipes out over 20 ISWAP fighters in deadly drone strike

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Key context: <img width="1200" height="720" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/military-drones.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/military-drones.jpg 1200w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/military-drones-300x180.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/military-drones-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/military-drones-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/military-drones-590x354.jpg 590w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/military-drones-400x240.jpg 400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p>More than 20 suspected fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, have been killed after a precision drone strike by the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI targeted one of the group’s logistics and assembly points in the Southern Lake Chad axis. The development was disclosed by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security [&#8230;]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/22/nigerian-military-wipes-out-over-20-iswap-fighters-in-deadly-drone-strike/">Nigerian military wipes out over 20 ISWAP fighters in deadly drone strike</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.