The U.S. military carried out strikes on alleged terrorists in northwest Nigeria on Thursday in retaliation for attacks on Christians by Islamists.

President Trump said "numerous perfect strikes" had hit Islamic State militants in the West African nation of Nigeria.

In Syria, Islamic State terrorist attacks against Americans continue, including against three Americans who were killed last weekend.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. launched a deadly strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians.

President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he’d launched a “powerful and deadly” U.S. strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians.

ISIS is too weakened to seize territory, experts said, but its ability to churn out propaganda aimed at provoking violence against the West persists.

President Donald Trump said the United States launched a “powerful and deadly” strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria, after accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the targeting of Christians.

"The Bondi beach attack in Australia sits at the intersection of growing antisemitism, fractured social cohesion, enduring influence of Islamic State ideology, and mishandling by the government," writ