The U.S. State Department on Friday announced it will redirect $230 million in frozen funding away from Syria, though it emphasized that the move did not signal a retreat by Washington from the conflict, Reuters reported.
The department said it had raised $300 million from coalition partners for recovery efforts in areas retaken from Islamic State jihadists in the northeast of the country and the U.S. funds would be used to support other foreign policy priorities.
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