18 Daesh fighters killed in joint operation with US in Niger
- The June 8-18 operation took place in the northern border region of Tongo Tongo targeting a gang of Daesh terrorists implicated in an ambush on May 14, in which 28 Nigerien soldiers were killed
- In October 2017, Daesh claimed responsibility for a raid which killed four US soldiers and five Nigerien troops in the same region