Islamic State Of Iraq And Syria

• Canadian jihadi Farah Mohamed Shirdon killed in Iraq airstrike in 2015: U.S. military

  This is the first time the U.S. anti-ISIS military coalition has confirmed that Farah Mohamed Shirdon has been killed in an airstrike.

  World

  Sep 7, 2017
  
• Former Calgary resident Farah Mohamed Shirdon added to U.S. terrorist list

  The U.S. Department of State recently added Canadians Farah and Mohamed Shirdon and Tarek Sakr to its most-wanted list.

  Crime

  Apr 23, 2017
  
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• Kurdish peshmerga forces continue to advance on Islamic State fighters

  Kurdish fighters in Iraq have pushed deeper into a town held by ISIS, but are facing stiff resistance from the Sunni militants who captured it in August.

  World

  Dec 22, 2014
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• Canada’s airstrikes continue with attack on ISIS facility in Iraq: DND

  Four Canadian fighter jets struck an ISIS warehouse facility Monday as Operation IMPACT continued in Iraq.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2014
• Canadian fighter jet hits ISIS artillery in Iraq

  As Canadians gathered across the country to commemorate Remembrance Day, a Canadian Armed Forces jet successfully struck an ISIS target in northern Iraq.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2014
• Canadian jets join anti-ISIS campaign in Kuwait

  Canadian warplanes have taken up position in Kuwait, a few weeks after the country's top military commander laid out the timeline for launching strikes.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2014
• Canadian government lists ISIS as terrorist entity

  ISIS is now officially listed as terrorist organization under Canada's Criminal Code, in response to the extremist group's "despicable actions."

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2014
• Canada sends 69 special forces to Iraq to advise in fight against ISIS

  Both the New Democrats and Liberals want Parliament to vote on the deployment, but Harper says that won't happen because it's not a combat mission.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2014
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• State Department counters Islamic State propaganda on YouTube, Twitter

  The U.S. State Department is trying to give the Islamic State —and others extremist groups like it — a taste of its own social media medicine.

  Tech

  Sep 6, 2014
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• Canadian troops heading to Iraq as ‘advisers’

  Canada will dispatch "several dozen" military advisers to Iraq to work alongside U.S. forces.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2014