Suspected members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have captured 13 soldiers, killing seven of them, including a commanding officer, in an ambush near Damasak in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State. The commanding officer, according to Sahara Reporters, was recently promoted from the rank of major to lieutenant colonel. Philip Brant, a conflict researcher with expertise in insurgency in the Sahel, posted on X that the attack occurred on Monday. The recent attackThe recent attack, according to news reports, occurred along the Maiduguri-Damasak road. After the attack, the bodies of the slain soldiers were recovered and taken to 7 Division Hospital.