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<p>The United States has resumed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations over northeast Nigeria, focusing on militant activity in the Sambisa forest. This comes just days after U.S. airstrikes targeted ISIS-affiliated fighters in Sokoto State on Thursday night.</p>
<p>According to flight-tracking data shared on Saturday by Sahel terrorism analyst Brant Philip, a U.S. aircraft—identified as a Gulfstream V, a model frequently modified for ISR missions—was observed operating over Borno State.</p><div class="8bFxYRT1" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>“The United States resumed ISR operations today on ISWAP in the Sambisa forest, Borno State in northeast Nigeria, after a pause of one day following the strikes in Sokoto State,” Philip stated on X, formerly Twitter.</p>
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<p>The mission appears directed at Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the primary ISIS affiliate active in Nigeria’s northeast and the Lake Chad region.</p>
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<p>Open-source analysts report that the current series of U.S. ISR flights over Nigeria began on November 24, originating from Ghana, which functions as a logistical hub for American military operations in West Africa. The aircraft, linked to U.S. special mission provider Tenax Aerospace, has conducted near-daily flights since the campaign started.</p>
<p>Sources familiar with the operations indicate the surveillance serves multiple objectives, including intelligence gathering on militant groups and locating an American pilot kidnapped in neighboring Niger.</p>
<p>The renewed U.S. military engagement follows a recent meeting in Washington between National Security Adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Tensions have risen in recent weeks over former President Donald Trump’s threats of military intervention in Nigeria.</p>
<p>After the meeting, Hegseth stated the Pentagon would work “aggressively” with Nigeria to end what he termed the “persecution of Christians by jihadist terrorists.”</p>
<p>Thursday’s airstrikes in northwestern Nigeria—reportedly targeting ISIS-linked militants—were characterized by Trump as the “first fulfilment” of that commitment.</p>
<p>In a message following the operation, he warned, “More strikes would follow.”</p>
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