US launches strikes against Islamic State group in Nigeria
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Nigeria confirmed it shared intelligence with the U.S. ahead of Christmas night airstrikes against ISIS targets accused of killing Christians.
Donald Trump ordered strikes on Islamic State camps in Nigeria after months of warning about attacks on Christians in the nation.
Residents of Jabo, a village in the northwestern Nigerian state of Sokoto, told The Associated Press in interviews Friday that they were seized with panic and confusion at the U.S. airstrikes.
President Donald Trump said the United States launched a “powerful and deadly” strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the targeting of Christians.
The United States carried out strikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said.
Professor Jason Johnson appeared on MS NOW on Saturday, where he suggested that the Trump administration's strike on terror targets in Nigeria was racially motivated.
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Villagers rattled by US strikes join security forces near crater in field in Nigeria’s Sokoto state
All that remained in the town of Jabo in northwestern Nigeria’s Sokoto state on Friday morning was a crater in a field, after authorities cleared debris overnight following an alleged US strike.
President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.
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