After Trump strikes Islamist terrorists, US general travels to Nigeria with militants 'on the run'
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Following recent U.S. strikes targeting Islamist terrorist groups in Nigeria, officials report that terrorists are "on the run," with some fleeing to neighboring countries. Lt. Gen. John Brennan of U.S. Africa Command, who recently visited Nigeria, described ongoing U.S. support including intelligence sharing, surveillance, and training to enhance Nigerian counterterrorism efforts against groups such as ISIS West Africa Province and Boko Haram. The strikes aim to reduce violence against Christian communities, who have faced significant persecution, with Nigeria accounting for three-quarters of global Christian deaths over religion. Nigerian authorities emphasize their cooperative security partnership with the U.S., focusing on capacity building and operational support, while continuing efforts to hold perpetrators accountable.
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Scripture: Psalm 82:3-4 (NASB 1977)
"Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
Rescue the weak and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."
Commentary:
Psalm 82 speaks plainly about public justice—protecting the vulnerable and stopping the wicked. That fits a counterterror fight where villages and churches are often the first to absorb the violence. People sleep lighter when militants are nearby. U.S. intelligence and training support shows how restraint and strength can work together to disrupt murderous networks without pretending the problem is simple. Prophetically, Scripture describes a pattern of lawlessness rising and targeted hatred, and this is part of that same unrest believers should recognize.
Prophetic Trend:
As terror networks are pressured, displacement and cross-border flight increase, revealing a wider pattern of lawlessness and targeted persecution that keeps testing governments and local communities.
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FIRST ON FOX: In Nigeria, Fox News Digital has been told terrorists are ‘on the run’ following U.S. strikes last month aimed at stopping the killing of Christians in Africa’s most populous country, this as a senior official from U.S. Africa Command visited Nigeria this week.According to the recently released persecution watchdog Open Doors World Watch List, three out of every four Christians killed for their religion worldwide have been murdered in Nigeria. It is said to average out that one Christian is killed there every two and a half hours.Thursday in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump confirmed, "In Nigeria we’re annihilating terrorists who are killing Christians. We’ve hit them very hard. They’ve killed thousands and thousands of Christians."CHRISTIANS TARGETED IN SYSTEMATIC KIDNAPPING CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA BY JIHADI HERDSMEN, EXPERTS SAYThis past week, the second-highest-ranking officer at U.S. Africa Command, a former U.S. Special Forces leader who served in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. John Brennan, U.S. Army, was as a key member of a U.S. delegation to Nigeria. Speaking exclusively to Fox News Digital from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, Brennan detailed U.S. move...
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Posted on 01-25-2026 13:14