26.12.2025 Brussels the U.S. military has launched strikes against the Islamic State (IS) linked groups in north-western Nigeria, where they have sought to establish a stronghold.
Camps led by the group in Sokoto state on Nigeria’s border with Niger, were hit, the U.S. military reported, adding that an “initial assessment” suggested “multiple” fatalities.
"Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians…" – President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/AUUmTMABSs
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 26, 2025
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The U.S. President Donald Trump said the Christmas Day strikes were “powerful and deadly” and labelled the group “terrorist scum”, explaining it had been “targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians”.
Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar said it was a “joint operation” and had “nothing to do with a particular religion”.
.@POTUS “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and… pic.twitter.com/ct7rUW128t
— Department of War 🇺🇸 (@DeptofWar) December 26, 2025
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The Nigerian government has been fighting a vast network of jihadist groups, which includes Boko Haram and IS-linked splinter groups, but largely in the north-east of the country, hundreds of miles away from Sokoto state.
“We don’t open coffins normally but we had to do this to show the world the gravity of christian genocide going on”
This is a mass burial of christians who were massacred just 4 days ago by Islamist barbaric animals in northern Nigeria.
Just 4days ago.
https://t.co/HBz2FYHrhx— OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 (@OurFavOnlineDoc) December 20, 2025
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Trump has labelled Nigeria a “country of particular concern”, a designation used by the US state department that provides for sanctions against countries “engaged in severe violations of religious freedom”.
BREAKING: Nigerian Pastors Begged President Trump for Help Against Radical Jihadists Slaughtering Christians – And Tonight, He Delivered MASSIVE Strikes on the Terrorists! 💥🇺🇸
For years, innocent Black Christians in Nigeria have been massacred by Islamist extremists – churches… pic.twitter.com/7g24xnCM7z
— Reverend Jordan Wells (@WellsJorda89710) December 26, 2025
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