US Strikes ISIS in Nigeria: Trump

A Pentagon spokesperson told The Epoch Times that the Nigerian government approved the strikes.

A missile is launched from a military vessel in a still from video released on Dec. 25, 2025. Department of War/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a “powerful and deadly strike” targeting the ISIS terrorist group in northwest Nigeria on Dec. 25.

Trump said on Truth Social that the terrorists targeted have been “viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!”