{"id":2000119754,"date":"2026-07-20T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000119754"},"modified":"2026-07-20T09:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:11:55","slug":"16-soldiers-killed-23-injured-in-terror-attack-in-west-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/16-soldiers-killed-23-injured-in-terror-attack-in-west-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"16 soldiers killed, 23 injured in terror attack in west Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack took place in the western Tillabery region, near the borders with Mali and Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifteen terrorists were killed, five motorcycles were recovered and four were destroyed, the report said, citing a statement from the Nigerien Ministry of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The swift response of the Defense and Security Forces, supported by aerial assets, forced the enemy to retreat. Search, sweep and security operations are continuing in the area,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/000_34M28XQ.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2000119755\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nigerien soldiers stand guard outside the Niger and French airbases in Niamey as supporters of Niger&#8217;s National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) gather on August 27, 2023. \u00a9 AFP\/Illustration picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 16 Nigerien soldiers were killed and 23 others injured in a terrorist attack targeting a detachment of the country&#8217;s Defense and Security Forces in the Tera area in western Niger, the Nigerien Press Agency reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000119755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000119754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-37","tag-internationl","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000119755,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/000_34M28XQ.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Nigerien soldiers stand guard outside the Niger and French airbases in Niamey as supporters of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) gather on August 27, 2023. \u00a9 AFP\/Illustration picture","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/000_34M28XQ.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/000_34M28XQ.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/000_34M28XQ.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/000_34M28XQ.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/000_34M28XQ.jpg","width":1280,"height":720}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000119754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000119754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000119754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000119758,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000119754\/revisions\/2000119758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000119755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000119754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000119754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000119754"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000119754"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000119754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}