Canada will expand anti-DAESH operations into Syria for the following year
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[quote]Canada's prime minister will announce a one-year extension of its military mission against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and expand it to include air strikes on targets in Syria, according to a a senior official.
Stephen Harper will announce the extension when he presents a bill to parliament on Tuesday, the official said.
"Continuing to degrade ISIL will require striking its operations and infrastructure where they are located, including in Syria," says the motion, which was seen by the AP news agency.
Although the Canadian mission does not need parliamentary approval, the government is submitting it to a vote to show consensus.
Canadian air strikes have so far been limited to Iraq where the country has sent 69 special forces soldiers to train Kurdish peshmerga soldiers.
The Canadians' efforts complement those of the US, which has conducted the vast majority of the air strikes against ISIL.
Canada will be the first NATO country, other than the US, to conduct air strikes in Syria. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the UAE have also carried out air strikes in Syria.[/quote]
[url]http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/canada-expand-anti-isil-operations-syria-150324050300084.html[/url]
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