Canada announced on Monday it will stop participating in air strikes targeting the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Iraq and Syria and bring home its six fighter jets on February 22, thus fulfilling a campaign promise made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The Liberal leader had pledged in the run-up to October legislative elections to end the air strikes, which he described Monday as being good for achieving "short-term military and territorial gains" but not for "long-term stability for local communities."
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