The Christmas Day U.S. military strikes in Northwest Nigeria represent a pivotal moment in the African nation’s struggle to contain extremist expansion, and marks a significant tactical shift in a ...

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President Donald Trump ordered Christmas airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria, targeting ISIS ...

Jeffrey Owens is a Jeffersonville native, a 1995 graduate of Miami Trace High School and 2000 graduate of Ohio University. As ...

Aaron Zelin, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, analyzes the U.S. strike on ISIS targets in Nigeria and the message it sends.

In the late hours of December 25, 2024, United States military aircraft conducted precision airstrikes on suspected terrorist ...

Sixteen precision munitions were launched from a platform in the Gulf of Guinea against two major ISIS enclaves in the Bauni ...

The Washington Post editorial board praised President Donald Trump's Christmas airstrikes against ISIS targets in Nigeria, ...