{"id":41717,"date":"2025-12-26T17:21:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/night-sky-turned-red-us-airstrikes-on-isis-targets-terrified-residents-of-nigerian-villages\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T17:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:21:36","slug":"night-sky-turned-red-us-airstrikes-on-isis-targets-terrified-residents-of-nigerian-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/night-sky-turned-red-us-airstrikes-on-isis-targets-terrified-residents-of-nigerian-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"Night sky turned red: US airstrikes on ISIS targets terrified residents of Nigerian villages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Jabo village in northwestern Nigeria witnessed a massive airstrike that shook houses and lit up the sky in a bright red color for hours. US President Donald Trump confirmed the operation, calling it a &quot;powerful and deadly blow&quot; against Islamic State forces.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2025%2F12%2F26%2F1766768837-2599-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Night sky turned red: US airstrikes on ISIS targets terrified residents of Nigerian villages\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On Friday night, residents of Jabo village in northwestern Nigeria witnessed a massive airstrike. According to eyewitnesses, powerful explosions shook houses, and the sky glowed bright red for hours. Local farmers describe the experience as a moment of complete confusion and fear. This is reported by the Associated Press, writes UNN.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It was almost like day <\/p>\n<p>\u2013 recalls 40-year-old Sanusi Madabo. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another resident, Abubakar Sani, whose house is located near the epicenter, noted: &quot;As it approached our area, the heat became stronger and stronger. Our rooms began to shake, and then a fire broke out.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>Official position and consequences<\/h2>\n<p>US President Donald Trump confirmed the operation, calling it a &quot;powerful and deadly strike&quot; against Islamic State (ISIS) forces. The Nigerian government officially acknowledged the joint attack on the terrorists&#039; camp.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that neighboring regions regularly suffer from radical attacks, no terrorist attacks had been recorded in Jabo village itself before. This increased the outrage of local residents. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Nigerian government must take appropriate measures to protect us as citizens. We have never faced anything like this before <\/p>\n<p>\u2013 emphasized Abubakar Sani. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The exact number of attacked objects and data on terrorist losses have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced a powerful strike against ISIS terrorists in Nigeria26.12.25, 04:02 \u2022 17182 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Jabo village in northwestern Nigeria witnessed a massive airstrike that shook houses and lit up the sky in a bright red color for hours. US President Donald Trump confirmed the operation, calling it a &quot;powerful and deadly blow&quot; against Islamic State forces. On Friday night, residents of Jabo village in northwestern Nigeria witnessed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}