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2% of Canadian anti-ISIS airstrikes had targets in Syria
Despite heated debate and a contentious vote in the House of Commons over the Conservative government's decision to extend the anti-ISIS bombing mission into Syria last March, Canada's six CF-18s in the Middle East have conducted a tiny fraction of their airstrikes in that embattled country.
Canada has carried out just four airstrikes in Syria, according to an analysis of reports posted on the Department of National Defence's website. Those four airstrikes represent just two per cent of all airstrikes Canada has conducted in the region, the other 98 per cent having taken place in Iraq.
In stark contrast, the U.S.-led coalition overall has conducted 29 per cent of its airstrikes in Syria and 71 per cent in Iraq since Canada first dropped bombs on Syria in early April.
About three-quarters of Canada's airstrikes have occurred in Iraq north of Baghdad, primarily in the region around Mosul and between that major city and Sinjar, near the Syrian border, largely in support of Kurdish troops. The rest of the attacks have occurred west of Baghdad, principally around Ramadi, which Iraqi forces are currently trying to wrest from ISIS control.
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2% of Canadian anti-ISIS airstrikes had targets in Syria - Politics - CBC News
Stephen Harper
2% of Canadian anti-ISIS airstrikes had targets in Syria
Despite heated debate and a contentious vote in the House of Commons over the Conservative government's decision to extend the anti-ISIS bombing mission into Syria last March, Canada's six CF-18s in the Middle East have conducted a tiny fraction of their airstrikes in that embattled country.
Canada has carried out just four airstrikes in Syria, according to an analysis of reports posted on the Department of National Defence's website. Those four airstrikes represent just two per cent of all airstrikes Canada has conducted in the region, the other 98 per cent having taken place in Iraq.
In stark contrast, the U.S.-led coalition overall has conducted 29 per cent of its airstrikes in Syria and 71 per cent in Iraq since Canada first dropped bombs on Syria in early April.
About three-quarters of Canada's airstrikes have occurred in Iraq north of Baghdad, primarily in the region around Mosul and between that major city and Sinjar, near the Syrian border, largely in support of Kurdish troops. The rest of the attacks have occurred west of Baghdad, principally around Ramadi, which Iraqi forces are currently trying to wrest from ISIS control.
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2% of Canadian anti-ISIS airstrikes had targets in Syria - Politics - CBC News
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