{"id":2247,"date":"2025-12-26T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:53:11","slug":"trump-says-us-launched-strike-against-isil-in-northwest-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2247","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US launched strike against ISIL in northwest Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The United \u200dStates \u200dsays that it has carried out an air strike against\u00a0ISIL (ISIS)\u00a0fighters in northwest Nigeria that residents say caused buildings to shake and the sky to glow red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTonight, \u2060at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and \u200bdeadly strike \u200cagainst ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria,\u201d \u200cPresident Donald Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yemi Alade - Tomorrow (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4u2yMsPdG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, who has previously threatened greater US intervention in Nigeria over dubious claims that a \u201cgenocide\u201d of Christians is taking place there, said ISIL fighters had been \u201cviciously\u201d killing and targeting Christians at levels unseen for \u201ccenturies\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have\u00a0previously warned\u00a0these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US military\u2019s Africa Command (AFRICOM), which is responsible for operations in Africa, said in a post on X that the air strike was carried out \u201cat the request of Nigerian authorities\u201d and had killed \u201cmultiple ISIS terrorists\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents of Jabo have said that the strikes caused alarm and that their village has never experienced an attack by ISIL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs it approached our area, the heat became intense,\u201d Abubakar Sani, who lives just a few houses from the scene of the explosion, told the news service Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur rooms began to shake, and then fire broke out,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Nigerian government should take appropriate measures to protect us as citizens. We have never experienced anything like this before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another resident, 40-year-old farmer Sanusi Madabo, said that the attacks made the night sky glow red and appear \u201calmost like daytime\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGrateful for Nigerian government support and cooperation,\u201d US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wrote on social media, warning also of \u201cmore to come\u201d, without providing details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, AFRICOM said the strike occurred in \u201cSoboto state,\u201d an apparent reference to Nigeria\u2019s Sokoto State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigerian Foreign Minister Yussuf Tuggar confirmed on Friday that the strike had been carried out in coordination with the country\u2019s authorities, but said it was not aimed at targeting members of any particular religious community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNigeria is a multi-religious country, and we\u2019re working with partners like the US to fight terrorism and protect lives and property,\u201d Tuggar told Nigeria\u2019s Channels Television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US military action comes weeks after Trump said he had ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria following claims of Christian persecution in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s government had dismissed Trump\u2019s assertions, saying armed groups target both Muslim and Christian communities in the country, and US claims that Christians face persecution \u200cdo not represent a complex security situation and ignore efforts by Nigerian authorities to safeguard religious freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement shortly after Trump announced the US strike, confirming early on Friday that Nigerian authorities were \u201cengaged in structured security cooperation with international partners, including the United States of America, in addressing the persistent threat of terrorism and violent extremism\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/25\/trump-says-us-launched-strikes-against-isil-in-northwest-nigeria\">(AlJazeera)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United \u200dStates \u200dsays that it has carried out an air strike against\u00a0ISIL (ISIS)\u00a0fighters in northwest Nigeria that residents say caused buildings to shake and the sky to glow red. \u201cTonight, \u2060at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and \u200bdeadly strike \u200cagainst ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria,\u201d \u200cPresident [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2619,55,2616,631,424,1243,2618,400,57,2617],"class_list":["post-2247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign","tag-africa-command","tag-donald-trump","tag-isil","tag-military","tag-nigeria","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-sokoto-state","tag-terrorism","tag-united-states","tag-yussuf-tuggar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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