CANADA TO JOIN ANTI-ISLAMIC STATE AIR STRIKES (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, October 03, 2014, 13:51

Canada plans to join the US-led campaign of air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, its government has said.

A motion authorising the mission is expected to pass on Monday in the House of Commons.

The six-month mission will include CF-18 fighter jets and refuelling and surveillance aircraft, but not ground troops.

PM Stephen Harper said it was intended to "significantly degrade" IS.

Canada has more than two dozen military advisers already in Iraq.

The US has undertaken its own air strike campaign in Iraq for several weeks and in Syria for almost two weeks.

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