US launches Christmas Day strikes on IS targets in Nigeria

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US President Donald Trump, spending the holidays at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, ordered Christmas Day strikes on Islamist fighters in Nigeria.

PALM BEACH (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump said US forces conducted "powerful and deadly" strikes Thursday against Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria, weeks after he warned against any systemic assault on Christians in the country.

The Nigerian foreign ministry early Friday confirmed the air strikes

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