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Trump: US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria

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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.”

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