{"id":40005,"date":"2025-12-26T05:40:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T04:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=40005"},"modified":"2025-12-26T05:40:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T04:40:56","slug":"us-strikes-isis-in-nigeria-following-christmas-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=40005","title":{"rendered":"US Strikes ISIS in Nigeria Following Christmas Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington D.C.<\/strong> \u2013 U.S. forces conducted what President Donald Trump described as &#8220;powerful and lethal&#8221; strikes against ISIS operatives in Northwestern Nigeria, DZWatch has learned. The operation, announced Thursday, comes amidst heightened concerns over violence targeting Christians in the region.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump stated that the strikes were a direct response to the targeting and killing of Christians. &#8220;Tonight, at my direction, the United States launched a powerful and lethal strike against ISIS terrorists in Northwestern Nigeria, who were targeting and brutally murdering primarily innocent Christians,&#8221; the President declared. He added that the attacks were occurring at a rate unseen in decades.<\/p>\n<p>The President had previously warned that such actions would be met with a severe response. &#8220;I warned these terrorists that if they did not stop slaughtering Christians, they would pay a heavy price, and tonight, that happened,&#8221; Trump asserted, noting that the Department of Defense had carried out multiple precision strikes.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Africa Command confirmed the strikes, stating that they demonstrated the U.S. commitment to eliminating terrorist threats. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth emphasized President Trump&#8217;s stance that the killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria must end. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Pentagon is always ready, and ISIS realized that tonight, on Christmas,&#8221; Hegseth said. &#8220;There will be more, and we are grateful for the support and cooperation of the Nigerian government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The strikes reportedly resulted in the deaths of numerous ISIS fighters. Officials indicated that the operation was conducted in the Sokoto State, with the cooperation of Nigerian authorities. <em>Further details regarding the specific impact of the strikes are still emerging.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=38\">More Technology articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington D.C. \u2013 U.S. forces conducted what President Donald Trump described as &#8220;powerful and lethal&#8221; strikes against ISIS operatives in Northwestern Nigeria, DZWatch has learned. The operation, announced Thursday, comes amidst heightened concerns over violence targeting Christi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40007,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40005\/revisions\/40007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}