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Newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he will pull Canada’s jets out of the U.S.-led coalition’s bombing campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL).

Trudeau, who led the Liberal Party to victory in elections on Oct. 19 after a decade of Conservative Party rule, said he has notified U.S. President Barack Obama of his intentions.

Obama “understands the commitments I’ve made around ending the combat mission,” Trudeau told reporters on Oct. 20.

According to the Canadian military, its six Hornet fighters have flown 1,046 sorties in the campaign against ISIL, including air strikes along with refueling and reconnaissance missions.

The Pentagon has reported the U.S.-led coalition had carried out more than 7,000 strikes on ISIL targets as of early October, nearly two-thirds of them in Iraq. U.S. warplanes have accounted for about 80 percent of all air strikes.

Trudeau, who is expected to take office in the coming weeks, said that Canada would remain “a strong member of the coalition” against ISIL but would “engage in a responsible way,” mostly through humanitarian aid.

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