Nigeria confirms joint US strikes on ISIL

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Nigeria has confirmed that US forces carried out coordinated airstrikes on Islamic State–linked militants in the country’s northwest on Christmas Day, in what officials described as a joint counterterrorism operation supported by Nigerian intelligence. The strikes, conducted in Sokoto State, targeted fighters linked to Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP) and members of Lakurawa, a jihadist faction that has grown increasingly active