Islamist raid in Niger leaves eight dead: Officials ...Middle East

NIAMEY: At least four members of the security forces and four civilians died in a jihadist raid against the major town in southeast Niger, near the Nigeria border, local authorities said Saturday.Machine Gun-toting rebels of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakaway group from Boko Haram, stormed Diffa aboard 15 vehicles, a statement from the authorities said.The ministry of defence gave details of the toll later Saturday on public television.It added that a number of “terrorists” had been “neutralised”.The army recovered rocket launchers, a mortar and a large amount of ammunition as well as mobile phones, drugs and syringes, according to an earlier statement.A senior local

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