‘Deadly strikes’ target Islamic State militants – stay with us for our live coverage
As part of ongoing “security cooperation”, Nigeria said it gave the greenlight for a US attack in the northwest.
Donald Trump, posting on social media, said “powerful and deadly” strikes were executed against so-called Islamic State militants.
Underpinning Washington’s drive for these strikes, the president said the group has been “targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians”.
That’s a view Trump has shared repeatedly, claiming last month Christians face an “existential threat” in the West African nation.
Security analysts, however, have said Nigeria’s security crisis affects both Christians and Muslims.
In any case, the US has warned it won’t waver from its current course – with Trump’s secretary for war adding: “More to come.”
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