Overview
- The Pentagon said June strikes dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer hit Iranian nuclear sites with 30,000‑pound bunker‑busters and claimed to have set back Tehran’s program by years.
- Yemen saw the most sustained U.S. campaign, with repeated attacks on Houthi missiles, drones, radar systems and launch sites.
- U.S. counterterrorism actions intensified in Somalia, while March and December operations targeted ISIS-linked elements in Iraq and Syria, including a Dec. 19 barrage on 70 positions.
- Trump said he ordered a Dec. 25 strike on ISIL‑affiliated militants in northwest Nigeria, which Nigerian officials situated within broader security efforts.
- Western Hemisphere activity expanded with 35 reported boat strikes that killed at least 115 people and reported CIA land strikes in Venezuela, drawing scrutiny over civilian harm and legal authorities.