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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

US strikes on Nigeria and Syria are ‘consistent’ with policy to combat IS, Republican says

debris on ground outside of damaged brick building
A general view of destroyed structures in Offa on Saturday caused by debris from expended munitions that fell from US strikes on unspecified militants linked to the Islamic State group in Nigeria. Photograph: Abiodun Jamiu/AFP/Getty Images

A senior Republican on the US House armed services committee has said that the country’s recent military strikes in Nigeria and Syria are consistent with American foreign policy to combat Islamic extremism that have existed across Donald Trump’s two presidential terms.

Mike Turner, an Ohio congressman, said on Sunday that the strikes are a “continuation of our conflict with [the Islamic State]”.

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