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full screen Soldiers from the Kurdish-dominated SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) alliance in the Syrian city of Hassakeh last year. The SDF has made up a large part of the resistance against the IS terrorist movement in Syria. Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP/TT
Danish specialists have been in Iraq and Syria since 2016 to help in the fight against the terrorist organization Islamic State.
The unit on site has been engaged in airspace surveillance, but according to a press release from the Danish Defense, the surveillance is no longer necessary.
“We are pulling the unit home to Denmark now, among other things because the Islamic State has decreased in strength and because there is not the same need for our contribution,” says Bjarke Lomborg, head of the air force, in a press release.
He also states that Denmark needs to prepare at home based on the threats it sees in its immediate area.