US Africa Command said the strike killed multiple terrorists at the request of Nigerian authorities in Sokoto state, which borders Niger to the north.Texarkana Gazette logo
Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House,
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’d launched a “powerful and deadly” U.S. strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians.
In a Christmas night post on his social media site, Trump did not provide details or mention the extent of the damage caused. But the U.S. Africa Command said on X that strikes had been conducted “at the request of Nigerian authorities in Soboto State” and had killed “multiple ISIS terrorists.”
Trump wrote, “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 even Centuries!”
