US claims strike, locals disagree

Donald Trump: MAGA fans celebrate attacks in Nigeria as a 'Christmas gift'

Over the holidays, the U.S. military struck targets in Nigeria. Loyal supporters of President Donald Trump celebrate the attacks, which are likely driven by domestic political motives.

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David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social

Pope Leo called for a day of peace on Christmas. The Southern Baptists’ Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s Chief of Staff says he hopes Trump’s Christmas bombings “will have their intended effect.”
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ERLC hopeful persecution lessens following US actions | Baptist Press

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission expressed hope that religious persecution will lessen in Nigeria. Pres. Donald Trump ordered Christmas Day air strikes aimed at terrorist gro...

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December 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM

La Repubblica

Nigeria, shock in village hit by the U.S.: 'There is no ISIS here'

In this Muslim-majority community, coexistence with Christians has always been peaceful.

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Bill Grueskin

@bgrueskin.bsky.social

The Washpost edit board calls Trump’s bombing in Nigeria “a welcome change in a part of the world that has always been little more than an afterthought for the president” — and has zero mention of the thousands in Africa facing starvation because of USAID cuts

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Opinion | Why West Africa is worth worrying about

Strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria are welcome but insufficient.

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December 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM

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by Michael McFaul

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Le Figaro

Niger: a general mobilization against jihadists

The country has been plagued for about ten years by deadly attacks from jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

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Corriere della Sera

Maps of Christians, targets, results: the mysteries of Christmas raids in Nigeria

The US operation in a Muslim region. There is no joint Washington-Abuja report.

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Reposted by Trita Parsi

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by Michael E. Mann

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Reposted by Michael E. Mann

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

What lies behind the Christmas military strike against Islamists in Nigeria — is Donald Trump trying to pose as the protector of Christians?

The U.S. government is more concerned with resources than religion. The claim to stop the genocide of the Christian population is probably propaganda.

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Le Figaro

Nigeria: Thursday's US strikes targeted jihadist groups, government confirms

The United States carried out, on the night of December 25, a series of large-scale strikes against positions believed to belong to the Islamic State in the northwest of the country.

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Reposted by Michael E. Mann

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Le Monde

US bombardments in Nigeria targeted ISIS jihadists who had come to aid a local group, according to the government

While Nigeria has long faced its own jihadist conflict, the Nigerian government reported a 'mass movement of ISIS members from the Sahel to this region,' which could explain the location of the strikes.

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Nicholas Grossman

@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

In 2025, the US launched strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, al-Shabab in Somalia, ISIS in Syria, alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, plus Iran’s nuclear program. Now some into Nigeria.

All killed people and damaged things, but none appear to have achieved anything lasting.