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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about airstrikes by the US military in Iraq and Syria, at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2019. With him are US Army General Mark Milley and US Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Reuters/Tom Brenner
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Trump aides call US strikes on Iraq and Syria 'successful,' warn of potential further action

Iraqi security and militia sources said at least 25 militia fighters were killed and at least 55 wounded following three US air strikes in Iraq on Sunday

Members of the Kurdish security forces stand guard against Islamic State militants (background), behind sandbags on the Mullah Abdullah bridge in southern Kirkuk September 29, 2014/ Reuters
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Iraq to open border-crossing with Syria on Monday