Canadian Special Forces Supported Major Iraqi Military Assault on ISIL Last Month

Canadian Special Forces Supported Major Iraqi Military Assault on ISIL Last Month
Major-General Peter Dawe speaks at a Canadian Special Operations Forces Command change of command ceremony in Ottawa on April 25, 2018. The Canadian Press/ Patrick Doyle
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OTTAWA—The commander of Canada’s special forces says his soldiers supported a major military offensive last month that U.S. and Iraqi officials say killed dozens of Islamic State fighters.

The two−week offensive codenamed Operation Ready Lion took place in a mountain range in northern Iraq  and involved using Iraqi and coalition airstrikes to flush ISIL fighters from their tunnel complexes and bunkers.