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Claim: X user shared a video clip of US soldiers preparing to embark on a military expedition to Nigeria.
Verdict: False. The first video is linked to the US military deployment to Syria, while the second video has been enhanced by AI. No credible media outlet has reported any recent military intervention by the US military.
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Earlier in November 2025, the United States president, Donald Trump, told the US military to prepare for a possible strike against Islamic extremists in Nigeria. This decision stemmed from broad discussions around violence and killings that were committed against Christians in Northern Nigeria.
Consequently, Trump designated Nigeria a “Country of particular concern”— an international category classified by the US on countries engaged in severe violations of international freedom under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
Against this background, an X user, @engrICO2015, shared a video clip of US soldiers preparing to embark on a military expedition, and claimed they were headed for Nigeria.
In another tweet here, the user shared another video with the caption, “US LADY SOLDIERS HAVE MESSAGE FOR YOU, Nigerians. Help is on the way.”
DUBAWA subjected the first video clip to Google Reverse Image Search. Our result led to a similar clip posted on TikTok on Sept. 10, 2025. Despite the lack of context about the video, we noticed that the hashtags “deployment” and “Syria” were used. This suggests the video is related to Syria, not Nigeria.
We found that while the US military recently established its presence at Damascus airbase to broker a peace deal between Syria and Israel, there are no credible reports of the US troops currently launching a war in Nigeria.
The second video showed female US soldiers openly assuring military intervention to countries “waiting for help.” While the video did not outrightly mention Nigeria, the X user’s caption and recent conversations around Trump’s threat to send US troops to Nigeria leave room for assumptions.
DUBAWA noticed certain irregularities in the characters in the video clip. The leader of the small group, who pledges military support, has no discernible human physical demeanour. She makes no facial expression, her eyes do not blink a bit, and she stares without focus. Her colleagues in the background have no obvious human interaction with each other, and applaud in the same manner.
This robot-like behaviour is consistent with digital materials that have been enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (AI). We also noticed that “US ARMY,” usually written on US soldiers’ uniforms, is wrongly spelt on the uniform of the female soldier in the video as “U. ARAMRY.”
We also subjected the video to an AI-detecting tool, Attestiv, and it revealed a high level of lip and face replacement. It also indicated that the clip has been enhanced with AI. The result further showed that it had a 57 per cent technical suspicion.
There are also no credible media reports stating that some US female soldiers have assured military intervention in some countries.
Conclusion
The first video shared by the X user is old and related to a US military deployment to Syria, while the second video has been enhanced by artificial intelligence. The claims are therefore false.
