US Secretary of War: The strikes against ISIS were carried out at the request of Nigeria
The US Africa Command announced in a post on the X platform that it had carried out a strike. "At the request of the Nigerian authorities (…) it resulted in the killing of many ISIS terrorists" US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised, via the X platform, his department’s readiness to move in Nigeria, expressing his gratitude. "To support and cooperate with the Nigerian government" These strikes are the first carried out by US forces in Nigeria during the Trump era, and come after the Republican president unexpectedly criticized the West African country in October and November, saying that Christians there were facing… "An existential threat" Lives up to the standard "Genocide" This diplomatic attack was welcomed by some, while others interpreted it as inflaming religious tensions in the most populous African country, which has suffered waves of sectarian violence in the past. The Nigerian government and independent analysts refuse to place the conflict in the country within the framework of religious persecution, which is the narrative that the right has long used in the United States and Europe.
The US President announced Thursday that American forces carried out several strong and bloody strikes against "ISIS terrorists" In the northwest of Support for the Nigerian government Inflaming religious tensions
