Trump, Nigeria and ISIS
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The bombing is the latest in a series of attacks in Nigeria's troubled northern region, where the country is battling multiple armed groups.
President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.
The United States airstrikes targeting militants affiliated with the Islamic State in northwestern Nigeria are a major escalation of an offensive that Nigeria’s overstretched military has struggled wi