US EditionNigeria signals more strikes likely in 'joint' US operations
Nigeria confirmed joint airstrikes with the U.S. targeting ISIS in Northwest Nigeria, highlighting risks to sovereignty and civilian safety amid strategic cooperation, experts said.
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The United States was not publicly speaking about possible new attacks, but they left messages that would help them to understand that these attacks could happen.
Donald Trump announced on December 25 that the United States has carried out "many" "lethal" strikes in Nigeria, according to him against the Islamic State. These strikes hit at least two targets in the State of Sokoto. The US President threatened terrorists with further reprisals if they continued "their massacre of Christians" while the Nigerian government, for its part, referred to a "joint operation", which "has nothing to do with religious …
Nigeria signals more strikes likely in "join" US operations
Nigeria has indicated that further strikes against jihadist groups may follow a joint operation with the United States that targeted Islamic State militants in the country’s northwest on Thursday. The foreign minister said Nigeria provided the intelligence for the attack and described cooperation with Washington as ongoing. The U.S. military reported multiple deaths in the Christmas Day bombing, as President Donald Trump reiterated claims that m…
Nigeria on Friday hinted that further strikes on jihadist groups were expected after a US-led bombing campaign against militants in the north of the country on Christmas Day.
The United States confirmed on Friday that the American strikes on Christmas Day against jihadist groups in Nigeria had been approved by Lagos. ...
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