Canadian special operations troops have been accompanying Iraqi forces on security operations as the last pockets of Islamic State resistance are mopped up, Canada's top military commander told a House of Commons committee today. Some of the operations, Vance said, involve uncovering and disposing of suspected ISIS weapons caches. The highly-trained special operations troops have been in northern Iraq since 2014, "advising and assisting" Kurdish forces on conventional military skills after much of the region was overrun by ISIS. "I don't know what barometers they will use, but one of them will certainly be, 'Is there an immediate threat from [ISIS]? Canadian military intelligence officers in Iraq have been involved, along with allies, in tracking the movements of ISIS foreign fighters and leaders, he said.

Source: CBC News December 06, 2018 19:28 UTC