{"id":304982,"date":"2025-12-26T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-carries-out-christmas-day-strikes-on-islamic-state-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T21:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:00:03","slug":"us-carries-out-christmas-day-strikes-on-islamic-state-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-carries-out-christmas-day-strikes-on-islamic-state-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"US carries out Christmas Day strikes on Islamic State in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1zlIXwtWC9g\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US carries out Christmas Day strikes on Islamic State in Nigeria\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1zlIXwtWC9g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The United States has claimed it has killed several Islamic State militants in airstrikes in northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>President Trump said he had ordered the strikes on Christmas Day, in response to the killing of Christians in the country. 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