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Germany extends anti-ISIS surveillance flights, training

Germany on Wednesday (September 18th) extended by one year its military contribution to the international coalition against the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS), but decided to end its Tornado reconnaissance flights in six months, AFP reported.

Although ISIS has lost the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria, underground militant cells are still considered a major threat in the region.

Germany has been taking high-resolution images of potential ISIS targets for the coalition, using Tornado fighter-jets based in Jordan, and also has provided aerial refuelling to partner nations.

The air force part of the mission will end March 31st, though the German military will continue until October 31st, 2020 the training of security forces in Baghdad and in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region.

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