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Trump announces strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria

President Donald Trump has announced that he ordered airstrikes on ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria.

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The Darkness of Terror Drifts Over the West

By Richard Pollock
December 22, 2025

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Iraqi fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units) stand next to a wall bearing the Islamic State (IS) group flag as they enter the city of al-Qaim, in Iraq's western Anbar province near the Syrian border as they fight against remnant pockets of Islamic State group jihadists on November 3, 2017. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

CENTCOM announces joint Syrian Forces operation against ISIS weapon storage facilities in Southern Syria

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced a joint operation with the Syrian Ministry of Interior, destroying over 15 ISIS weapons caches in Southern Syria.

Members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force search a home in Dearborn, Michigan, on October 31, 2025. FBI Director Kash Patel said Friday that the agency had thwarted a "potential terrorist attack" planned in the northern state of Michigan over Halloween weekend. Patel said the FBI arrested multiple subjects. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images) / U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi delivers remarks as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an announcement on his Homeland Security Task Force in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced the successes of his administration’s task force including the arrests of over 3,000 cartel and foreign terrorist members. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Michigan: 2 suspects charged by DOJ after being accused of ISIS‑inspired ‘Halloween terror plot’

Federal authorities have charged two suspects in Michigan in connection with an alleged “ISIS-linked” terror plot on Halloween.

Patel: FBI ‘thwarted potential terrorist attack’ in Michigan planned for Halloween weekend

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel announced that the bureau “thwarted a potential terrorist attack” in Michigan on Halloween day, stopping an alleged plot to carry out a “violent attack over Halloween weekend.”

DOHA, QATAR - MAY 15: U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the Al Udeid Air Base to U.S. military personnel and Qatari military personnel on May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. Trump is on the third day of his visit to the Gulf to underscore the strategic partnership between the United States and Qatar, focusing on regional security and economic collaboration. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Hegseth: U.S. has agreed to host Qatari Emiri Air Force facility in Idaho

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon has agreed to establish a new Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base (MHAFB) in Idaho.