{"id":48482,"date":"2026-02-13T17:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/02\/13\/pentagon-to-deploy-roughly-200-troops-to-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:28:23","slug":"pentagon-to-deploy-roughly-200-troops-to-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/mideast-africa\/2026\/02\/13\/pentagon-to-deploy-roughly-200-troops-to-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon to deploy roughly 200 troops to Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/02\/04\/army-to-deploy-10th-mountain-division-brigade-to-centcom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/02\/04\/army-to-deploy-10th-mountain-division-brigade-to-centcom\/\">preparing to send troops<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/02\/04\/us-military-team-deployed-to-nigeria-after-recent-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/02\/04\/us-military-team-deployed-to-nigeria-after-recent-attacks\/\">Nigeria<\/a> where they will train the country\u2019s armed forces as they battle an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/12\/26\/what-to-know-about-the-militants-targeted-by-us-airstrikes-in-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/12\/26\/what-to-know-about-the-militants-targeted-by-us-airstrikes-in-nigeria\/\">Islamist insurgency<\/a>, authorities in Lagos said recently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly 200 troops are expected to be deployed in the coming weeks, according to a U.S. official. They will supplement a small team of American military officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/11\/22\/us-advances-discussions-on-troops-sanctions-in-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/11\/22\/us-advances-discussions-on-troops-sanctions-in-nigeria\/\">already embedded with Nigerian forces<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/africa\/u-s-to-send-200-troops-to-help-nigeria-fight-islamist-insurgents-7f59ee03?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqcS-0GRahJDpBuUXbRi7tULLvRtQ4545Hp-mAyC5OC0fS6HytQJXsD9UbpWzEU%3D&amp;gaa_ts=698f5c34&amp;gaa_sig=YskOsAVbLwM2gTX6sx00rhFOtqCoe217FRO2bH-tz4QrLzREH33Dj9ewYNPFZ106p-mytl2X1HYO6C8_R2uHpg%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/africa\/u-s-to-send-200-troops-to-help-nigeria-fight-islamist-insurgents-7f59ee03?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqcS-0GRahJDpBuUXbRi7tULLvRtQ4545Hp-mAyC5OC0fS6HytQJXsD9UbpWzEU%3D&amp;gaa_ts=698f5c34&amp;gaa_sig=YskOsAVbLwM2gTX6sx00rhFOtqCoe217FRO2bH-tz4QrLzREH33Dj9ewYNPFZ106p-mytl2X1HYO6C8_R2uHpg%3D%3D\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> was the first to report on the imminent deployment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigerian officials insisted that the new American contingent will not be engaging in combat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Gen. Samaila Uba, a spokesman for Nigeria\u2019s Defense Headquarters, said in a statement that the troops will instead serve as \u201ctechnical and training personnel.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deployment comes more than a month after President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces had bombed what he termed \u201cISIS Terrorist Scum\u201d in Nigeria on Christmas night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africom.mil\/pressrelease\/36158\/us-africa-command-conducts-strike-against-isis-in-nigeria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.africom.mil\/pressrelease\/36158\/us-africa-command-conducts-strike-against-isis-in-nigeria\">U.S. Africa Command said its preliminary assessment<\/a> indicated that \u201cmultiple ISIS terrorists\u201d in the Sokoto State were killed in the strikes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The timing of the operation, the president later acknowledged, was largely symbolic, noting he had delayed the attack to deliver a \u201cChristmas present\u201d to the insurgents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the run-up to the operation, Trump let fly a fusillade<i><b> <\/b><\/i>of Truth Social posts demanding the protection of Christians in Nigeria \u2013 who he claims are being \u201cmass slaughtered\u201d \u2013 or else the U.S. military would go \u201cguns-a-blazing\u201d into Africa\u2019s most populous country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen Christians come under attack, [their assailants]<b> <\/b>know they\u2019re going to be attacked violently and viciously by President Trump,\u201d Trump declared during a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Capitol Hill last week. \u201cI know it\u2019s not a nice thing to say, but that\u2019s the way it is.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nigerian government, meanwhile, has rejected the claim of a Christian genocide, saying terrorist groups, including Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa, have made no distinction between<b> <\/b>Christians and Muslims in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extremists have killed thousands at churches, mosques and villages alike. Beyond sectarian tensions, the violence also stems from longstanding disputes over land and water resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. 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