American military officials say that this month alone, Iraqi security forces have destroyed more than 100 improvised explosive devices and other types of explosives. OTTAWA—A mission by Canadian military explosives experts in Iraq has been extended to help the country clean up the dangerous remnants of the battle against Daesh. Canada’s military contribution to the fight against Daesh — known as Operation Impact — has some 650 personnel deployed in Kuwait and Iraq. “And that remains as it has for some time the focus of the Iraqi security forces and their counterterrorism forces specifically,” he told a briefing earlier this month. Canada suspended the training mission by special forces operations last October after rising tensions and clashes between Iraqi and Kurdish forces.

Source: thestar January 26, 2018 22:52 UTC