Canada To End Bombing Mission Against ISIS

The military has said that during Canada’s decade of operations in Afghanistan, 158 Canadian Forces personnel died. “The leaders noted recent gains on the ground against ISIL in Iraq and Syria and agreed that recent ISIL attacks outside of the Middle East have only heightened the need to keep pressure on ISIL in order to degrade and ultimately destroy it”.

Now, Dan says “the new mission will be put to a debate and vote in the Canadian parliament next week”.

“In my view, it’s a non-combat mission in that we are not the principal combatants here”, Vance said. “If he doesn’t think we should use our military against this group I don’t know when he thinks we would ever use our military”.

– Station personnel at various coalition headquarters to support members and Iraqi security forces, specifically through expertise in operational planning, targeting and intelligence.

“There’s no mistake about it – we are in a conflict zone”, Sajjan told CTV’s Power Play later on Monday.

Canada will cease air strikes against ISIS by the end of this month but will triple its troops in Iraq to train Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic terror group.

Trudeau’s announcement comes days before Sajjan is due to leave for Brussels for a meeting with his North Atlantic Treaty Organisation counterparts on February 10-11.

Washington welcomed the announcement on Monday and US press secretary Peter Cook said the Canadian example “sets a good tone” for other countries considering stepping up their involvement in the combat mission.

Canada’s fighter jets will end their fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria within the next two weeks.

The Liberals are now announcing their revamped Iraq mission Monday.

“The lethal enemy of barbarism isn’t hatred, it’s reason”.

Helene Laverdiere, foreign affairs spokeswoman for the left-wing New Democratic Party, said Canada should focus on stopping the flow of arms, funds and foreign fighters, including improving anti-radicalisation efforts at home.

Increased training efforts are “very much appreciated by the Iraqi government”, he added. Bombing began in November 2014 under the previous Conservative government. “The strategy builds on these strengths, so Canada can make an impact where it is needed most”.

Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff Jonathan Vance said: “his is exactly the right time” to pull Canada’s fighter jets from the bombing campaign.

“And that happens with military intervention”.

The government also pledged some 1.6 billion Canadian dollars (US$1.2 billion) to humanitarian and development aid in response to the crises in Syria and Iraq that has seen millions displaced and hundreds of thousands killed. Ottawa will earmark $840 million over three years to provide shelter, food, health care and other essentials.