President Donald Trump announced U.S. airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants in Nigeria over the holiday. Here's why.

The United States carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's ...

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President Donald Trump said he ordered military strikes against "ISIS terrorist scum" in Nigeria on Christmas Day.

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President Donald Trump said Thursday he’d ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria, who he has accused of persecuting Christians in the country.