{"id":305024,"date":"2025-12-27T03:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-warns-of-more-strikes-on-islamic-state-group-in-nigeria-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T03:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:00:04","slug":"us-warns-of-more-strikes-on-islamic-state-group-in-nigeria-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-warns-of-more-strikes-on-islamic-state-group-in-nigeria-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"US warns of more strikes on Islamic State group in Nigeria | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/LIiN6yNLGYE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US warns of more strikes on Islamic State group in Nigeria | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LIiN6yNLGYE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The US has warned that it will carry out more attacks on targets in Nigeria,  after it launched airstrikes against what it said were Islamic State group fighters in the north-western state of Sokoto. <\/p>\n<p>The US defence secretary Pete Hegseth warned on social media that there was \u201cmore to come\u201d, while the Nigerian government talked of \u201cjoint ongoing operations\u201d with US forces. <\/p>\n<p>Nigerian government forces have been fighting a long war with Islamic State fighters in the north of the country.   President Trump said he had ordered the strikes to protect Nigeria\u2019s Christians who have been targeted by IS.  <\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s foreign minister said that the IS fighters attacked Muslims as well as Christians.  He said his government had provided intelligence and had been \u201cworking closely with the Americans\u2026 to combat terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Joe Inwood.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US has warned that it will carry out more attacks on targets in Nigeria, after it launched airstrikes against what it said were Islamic State group fighters in the north-western state of Sokoto. 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