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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Canada to extend airstrikes against IS, may go into Syria
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCanadian airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq will be extended one year to March 2016 and may see sorties into Syria, the government said Tuesday.
But no ground combat troops would be deployed under the plan, which is to be debated in parliament Thursday.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper read a motion in the House outlining the mission add-on. With his Conservative majority, the motion is assured of passage.
The original military mission started in November with Canadian war planes joining US-led airstrikes on Islamic State jihadists.
— AFP
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