Sweden To Deploy Up Rapid Reaction Force With Up To150 Special Forces Personnel And Helicopters To Fight Jihadists In Mali- Sahel Region

Sweden is set to send up to 150 special forces personnel as well as helicopters to join a new multinational military mission in sub-Saharan Africa’s troubled Sahel region. The Swedish force will make up a helicopter-borne rapid reaction force under the French-led task force that will aid in the fight against ISIS and Al Qaeda...