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Field footage · Sokoto State, Nigeria

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U.S. strikes on ISIS in Sokoto, Nigeria, Dec. 25, 2025

A missile rises in a plume of smoke beside a deck gun on a darkened warship at night.
U.S. Department of War video, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)

U.S. Department of War video posted Dec. 25, 2025 (ET), mirrored on Wikimedia Commons. It shows a missile launching at night from the deck of a U.S. Navy warship. The release says that at the direction of the President and the Secretary of War, and in coordination with Nigerian authorities, U.S. Africa Command conducted strikes against ISIS in Sokoto State, Nigeria, on Dec. 25, 2025, and that its initial assessment was that multiple ISIS fighters were killed in ISIS camps. Archive item tied to October 2026 coverage of Islamic State attacks in northern Nigeria.

What
U.S. strikes on ISIS in Sokoto, Nigeria, Dec. 25, 2025
Where
Sokoto State, Nigeria
When
2025-12-25
Source
U.S. Department of War
Credit
U.S. Department of War video, via Wikimedia Commons
License
Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
Details
Official release · U.S. Department of War / U.S. Africa Command · Sokoto State, Nigeria

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Sources and credit

  1. U.S. Department of War
  2. Field footage: the full record

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