US Resumes Surveillance Over Sambisa Forest After Air Strikes
December 29, 2025
1:46 am
United States restarts ISR operations in northeast Nigeria, targeting ISWAP terrorists after recent air strikes in Sokoto State, officials confirm.
United States has resumed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations over northeast Nigeria, focusing on terrorists in the Sambisa Forest, following air strikes in Sokoto State, on the night of Thursday December 25, 2025.
The development was disclosed Saturday December 27, 2025, by Brant Philip, a Sahel-focused terrorism analyst, who shared flight-tracking data showing a U.S. Gulfstream V aircraft operating over Borno State. The long-range business jet is often modified for ISR missions, providing real-time intelligence on militant activity.
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