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The United States plans to withdraw approximately 1,000 soldiers it has stationed in Syria, American media report, citing sources.
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The government is providing a contribution of SEK 70 million to the UN migration agency, IOM, to increase returns to Syria, Somalia and Afghanistan, among other things. A similar, much-debated support to Somalia last year has yielded good results, according to Migration Minister Johan Forssell (M).
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Several dead in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon
Israel carried out airstrikes in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria on Sunday.
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US attacks more than 30 IS targets in February
The United States confirmed on Saturday that more than 30 targets suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) have been attacked in Syria so far in February.
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Thousands of suspected ISIS prisoners transferred from Syria to Iraq
More than 4,500 suspected ISIS members captured in Syria have been transferred to Iraq over the past month, an Iraqi official said, in a move carried out by the US military.
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