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Australia Halts Airstrikes In Syria After Russian Military Threat

Named Operation OKRA, the Australian Defense Force's effort to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria consists of around 780 personnel.

Australia's military is suspending airstrikes it had been carrying out against ISIS as part of a U.S.-led coalition in Syria, one day after Russia criticized the U.S. downing of a Syrian

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