BERLIN - Germany will deploy Tornado reconnaissance jets to support France in the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria, a senior lawmaker for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives confirmed on Thursday. 'Germany will be a more active contributor than it has been until now,' Henning Otte, defense expert for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) said in a statement on Thursday. 'Not only will we bolster our training mission in northern Iraq but we will, among other things, make a contribution to the fight against IS terror with Tornado reconnaissance jets.' Germany is also considering sending a frigate and refueling planes as part of the mission, coalition sources have said.
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