US Resumes Intelligent Flights Over Nigeria After Sokoto's Airstrike

The United States resumed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations over Nigeria on Saturday, days after carrying out air strikes against ISIS terrorists in Sokoto State, flight tracking data and terrorism analysts have said.

Brant Philip, a Sahel‑focused terrorism tracker, shared flight data showing a Gulfstream V aircraft, a long‑range business jet often modified for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, flying over Borno State.

Philip said Saturday’s operations were targeting the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the ISIS affiliate operating mainly in the northeast and the Lake Chad basin.

“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,” he wrote on